Beaver Creek Fire
The Beaver Creek Fire was reported on August 11, 2018 in Beaverhead County, Montana and burned 2,090 acres. It was declared out on November 5, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,090 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.889, -113.523.
The incident
- Size
- 2,090 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2018 at 4:13 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM MST
- Controlled
- November 5, 2018 at 11:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- November 5, 2018 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Beaver Creek Drainage in Anaconda Pintler Wilderness; 18 mi N-NW of Wisdom, MT
- County
- Beaverhead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Wisdom, MT
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $725,288
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-MTBDF-003308
- IRWIN identifier
- 08CD81A6-4FE0-44C4-8BFC-60CCDCC30F74
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Anaconda, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Anaconda, MT32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT39 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, MT41 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Butte, MT48 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT51 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Deer Lodge, MT52 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 November 28, 2018 at 8:32 AM MST. Identifier 2018-MTBDF-003308.