Sheep Gap Fire
The Sheep Gap Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Sanders County, Montana and burned 1,637 acres. It was declared out on November 17, 2017.
- Size
- 1,637 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 51
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.495, -115.060.
The incident
- Size
- 1,637 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 4:58 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 2, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 17, 2017 at 11:51 AM MST
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- South of the Clark Fork River, East of Thompson Falls, MT
- County
- Sanders County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Thompson Falls
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 51
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $300,000
- Part of
- Highway 200 Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLNF-005283
- IRWIN identifier
- CEF90A0D-EEB2-4EDE-99AE-04B65BB65E34
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Plains, MT covers the area today.
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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 11:51 AM MST. Identifier 2017-MTLNF-005283.