Payola Fire
The Payola Fire was reported on August 25, 2018 in Petroleum County, Montana and burned 1,574 acres. It was declared out on August 30, 2018.
- Size
- 1,574 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2018
- Personnel
- 13
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.154, -108.475.
The incident
- Size
- 1,574 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2018 at 2:06 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2018 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 30, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 15 miles NW of Winnett, MT
- County
- Petroleum County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Winnett
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $120,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-MTLG55-000231
- IRWIN identifier
- A13D9B99-7011-4308-A889-BE0E197FD934
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winnett, 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 August 30, 2018 at 9:34 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-MTLG55-000231.