Sunrise Fire
The Sunrise Fire was reported on July 16, 2017 in Mineral County, Montana and burned 26,310 acres. It was declared out on November 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 26,310 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2017
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.037, -114.879.
The incident
- Size
- 26,310 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2017 at 7:39 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 17, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 25, 2017 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 17, 2017 at 12:15 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 11 miles southeast of Superior, MT
- County
- Mineral County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Superior, MT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $31,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTLNF-001336
- IRWIN identifier
- 91A18EB5-F00B-406B-AF05-3EE9617674F5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Superior, 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 January 2, 2018 at 12:07 PM MST. Identifier 2017-MTLNF-001336.