Boundary Fire
The Boundary Fire was reported on August 23, 2018 in Glacier County, Montana and burned 2,911 acres. It was declared out on November 14, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,911 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.980, -113.976.
The incident
- Size
- 2,911 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 23, 2018 at 6:17 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 11, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- October 25, 2018 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 14, 2018 at 9:32 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 1 mile west of Waterton Lake and 7 miles south of the of Waterton Townsite, AB
- County
- Glacier County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- 25 Miles NW of St. Mary MT
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $890,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-MTGNP-000473
- IRWIN identifier
- 6E80BCEC-8DDB-4398-9956-24249F212A77
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Coram, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Coram, MT39 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Whitefish, MT43 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Columbia Falls, MT43 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Eureka, MT49 miles west of the fire’s origin
- North Browning, MT52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Browning, MT53 miles southeast 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 February 7, 2020 at 3:32 PM MST. Identifier 2018-MTGNP-000473.