McClusky Fire
The McClusky Fire was reported on August 16, 2019 in Jefferson County, Montana and burned 2,932 acres. It was declared out on December 3, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,932 acres
- Contained
- 60%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2019
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.014, -112.277.
The incident
- Size
- 2,932 acres
- Containment
- 60%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2019 at 5:08 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 3, 2019 at 11:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 miles East of Butte, MT
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Whitehall, MT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-MTBDF-006289
- IRWIN identifier
- F3BAEC6B-8E29-4368-B40C-E1AC8953D4BA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Butte, MT 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 March 11, 2020 at 2:36 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-MTBDF-006289.