Sliderock Fire
The Sliderock Fire was reported on July 13, 2017 in Granite County, Montana and burned 901 acres. It was declared out on November 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 901 acres
- Contained
- 5%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2017
- Personnel
- 289
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.587, -113.584.
The incident
- Size
- 901 acres
- Containment
- 5%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2017 at 2:01 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 4, 2017 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 17, 2017 at 11:30 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Managing the Sliderock, Goat Creek and Little Hogback fires near Missoula, MT
- County
- Granite County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Missoula, MT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 289
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,688,077
- Part of
- Sapphire Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLNF-001239
- IRWIN identifier
- 7DB21839-CD63-4CDC-B669-486031C973D3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Clinton, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Clinton, MT14 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT25 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT25 miles west of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT26 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lolo, MT26 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT28 miles northwest 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 February 7, 2020 at 3:08 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTLNF-001239.