Square Butte Fire
The Square Butte Fire was reported on July 19, 2017 in Garfield County, Montana and burned 800 acres. It was declared out on August 11, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 800 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2017
- Personnel
- 19
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.360, -107.649.
The incident
- Size
- 800 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- July 19, 2017 at 12:48 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 11, 2017 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 19 MILES N OF SAND SPRINGS, MT.
- County
- Garfield County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- SAND SPRING, MT
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 19
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Part of
- Lodgepole Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000243
- IRWIN identifier
- A7AB79A8-6745-4ABC-89BA-9A6C0F5089EB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jordan, 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 November 13, 2017 at 2:20 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000243.