Witten Fire
The Witten Fire was reported on July 7, 2017 in Rosebud County, Montana and burned 30,000 acres. It was declared out on August 23, 2017.
- Size
- 30,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2017
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.364, -106.658.
The incident
- Size
- 30,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2017 at 12:11 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 16, 2017 at 9:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 22, 2017 at 11:59 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 23, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- Location
- 18 miles south of Lame Deer, MT
- County
- Rosebud County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-MTNCA-017-026
- IRWIN identifier
- 1B7F5B18-7AC6-4D2E-B35A-1A81D7522C6E
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 August 23, 2017 at 2:36 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-MTNCA-017-026.