Reef Fire
The Reef Fire was reported on August 13, 2017 in Powell County, Montana and burned 10,658 acres. It was declared out on September 7, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 10,658 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2017
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.348, -113.402.
The incident
- Size
- 10,658 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2017 at 5:47 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 7, 2017 at 11:30 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 7, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 7, 2017 at 12:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Count Peak, Gust Peak, Young Creek and Hahn Creek
- County
- Powell County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $28,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTFNF-000579
- IRWIN identifier
- 194B0F34-34BF-4AC1-B255-AA1D1F49ED24
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Seeley Lake, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Seeley Lake, MT12 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ronan, MT35 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Pablo, MT38 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Clinton, MT43 miles south of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated November 27, 2017 at 8:07 AM MST. Identifier 2017-MTFNF-000579.