Goldstone Fire
The Goldstone Fire was reported on August 2, 2018 in Beaverhead County, Montana and burned 9,360 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,360 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 45.123, -113.547.
The incident
- Size
- 9,360 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2018 at 6:21 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Goldstone Pass 18 miles south of Jackson Montana
- County
- Beaverhead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Jackson
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-MTBDF-003262
- IRWIN identifier
- B8B48123-68BD-4660-9E7A-E15DECEDBECC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Salmon, ID 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 April 25, 2019 at 7:30 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-MTBDF-003262.