Skyview Ridge Fire
The Skyview Ridge Fire was reported on August 24, 2017 in Valley County, Montana and burned 1,131 acres. It was declared out on August 28, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,131 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.287, -107.151.
The incident
- Size
- 1,131 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2017 at 9:00 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 25, 2017 at 3:12 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2017 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 28, 2017 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 miles SW of Hindsdale, MT
- County
- Valley County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Hindsdale
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLED-000348
- IRWIN identifier
- BFED3D97-945A-4602-B335-A717D63A7BF0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Glasgow, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 May 23, 2018 at 1:06 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTLED-000348.