Strawberry Fire
The Strawberry Fire was reported on August 25, 2017 in Flathead County, Montana and burned 18,019 acres. It was declared out on November 13, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 18,019 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2017
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.089, -113.015.
The incident
- Size
- 18,019 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2017 at 11:19 AM MDT
- Contained
- November 13, 2017 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- November 13, 2017 at 1:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 13, 2017 at 2:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- .5 miles east of Swift Reservoir
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTFNF-000666
- IRWIN identifier
- 47FB89AD-3EAE-4D0B-AD04-FC68119772C9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Heart Butte, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Heart Butte, MT16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- South Browning, MT32 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Browning, MT32 miles north of the fire’s origin
- North Browning, MT33 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Choteau, MT43 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bigfork, MT49 miles west 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 April 19, 2018 at 3:03 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTFNF-000666.