Horsefly Fire
The Horsefly Fire was reported on August 5, 2019 in Lewis and Clark County, Montana and burned 1,352 acres. It was declared out on October 29, 2019.
- Size
- 1,352 acres
- Contained
- 75%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2019
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.963, -112.441.
The incident
- Size
- 1,352 acres
- Containment
- 75%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2019 at 12:27 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 23, 2019 at 11:15 AM MDT
- Controlled
- October 29, 2019 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 29, 2019 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Approximately 8 miles east of Lincoln, MT.
- County
- Lewis and Clark County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-MTHLF-000162
- IRWIN identifier
- 3A7E9370-F824-404E-8936-50607249ED1B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lincoln, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lincoln, MT11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Northwest, MT24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley West Central, MT27 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Northeast, MT29 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Helena West Side, MT30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Helena, MT32 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2019 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 July 11, 2021 at 2:32 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-MTHLF-000162.