North Hills Fire
The North Hills Fire was reported on July 26, 2019 in Lewis and Clark County, Montana and burned 5,019 acres. It was declared out on October 10, 2019. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,019 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2019
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 46.753, -111.963.
The incident
- Size
- 5,019 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2019 at 12:16 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 11, 2019 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 19, 2019 at 9:30 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 10, 2019 at 2:17 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 3 miles Northwest of Lake Helena
- County
- Lewis and Clark County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Helena
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-MTCES-000097
- IRWIN identifier
- 8C208700-F26F-4AD8-8A89-C6D94DA8159F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Helena Valley Northeast, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Helena Valley Northeast, MT4 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Northwest, MT5 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley West Central, MT8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Southeast, MT10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- East Helena, MT11 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Helena, MT12 miles south 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 October 10, 2019 at 2:19 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-MTCES-000097.