Rice Ridge Fire
The Rice Ridge Fire was reported on July 24, 2017 in Missoula County, Montana and burned 160,187 acres. It was declared out on November 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 160,187 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.268, -113.485.
The incident
- Size
- 160,187 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2017 at 4:27 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 17, 2017 at 2:45 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 17, 2017 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Northeast of Seeley Lake, MT
- County
- Missoula County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Seeley Lake
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $49,251,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLNF-001464
- IRWIN identifier
- 4B809DBF-FACF-4E05-A60C-224C3C5C473C
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, MT6 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT33 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ronan, MT34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT35 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Clinton, MT36 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT36 miles southwest 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 17, 2017 at 5:26 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTLNF-001464.