Snake Fire
The Snake Fire was reported on August 30, 2017 in Custer County, Montana and burned 7,590 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 7,590 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2017
- Personnel
- 34
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.929, -105.291.
The incident
- Size
- 7,590 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2017 at 1:25 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 1, 2017 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2017 at 7:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 48 miles SE of Miles City, MT.
- County
- Custer County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 34
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000547
- IRWIN identifier
- 0BB18C87-B144-467A-BD86-3AE4E15A35FD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Broadus, 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 September 22, 2017 at 11:13 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000547.