Tongue River Complex
The Tongue River Complex was reported on July 9, 2017 in Rosebud County, Montana and burned 32,965 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 32,965 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2017
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.302, -106.533.
The incident
- Size
- 32,965 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2017 at 8:17 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 18 miles south of Lame Deer, MT.
- County
- Rosebud County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $26,500,000
- Incident type
- Complex
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTMCD-000163
- IRWIN identifier
- 670BD022-34BE-4759-81E6-DF38503A1D3F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lame Deer, 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 July 25, 2017 at 4:48 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTMCD-000163.