Gold Hill Fire
The Gold Hill Fire was reported on August 11, 2018 in Lincoln County, Montana and burned 6,700 acres. It was declared out on November 13, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,700 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 48.577, -115.527.
The incident
- Size
- 6,700 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 11, 2018 at 4:24 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 13, 2018 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 13 miles north of Libby, MT
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Libby
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,930,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-MTKNF-000195
- IRWIN identifier
- CDA8E136-0C16-4662-8660-BBDD858896B5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Libby, MT covers the area today.
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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 November 15, 2018 at 9:45 AM MST. Identifier 2018-MTKNF-000195.