Sage Fire
The Sage Fire was reported on August 9, 2019 in Phillips County, Montana and burned 5,992 acres. It was declared out on September 12, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,992 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2019
- Personnel
- 27
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 47.641, -108.186.
The incident
- Size
- 5,992 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2019 at 5:01 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 20, 2019 at 4:13 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 3, 2019 at 11:28 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 12, 2019 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 45 Miles SW of Malta, MT
- County
- Phillips County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Malta, MT
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $685,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-MTCMR-000130
- IRWIN identifier
- F681E8F7-0EB2-4702-AAEF-706606C25C98
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hays, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hays, MT34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Malta, MT52 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fort Belknap Agency, MT64 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lewistown, MT71 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Glasgow, MT81 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Chinook, MT81 miles northwest 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 September 12, 2019 at 8:53 AM MDT. Identifier 2019-MTCMR-000130.