Buffalo Fire
The Buffalo Fire was reported on July 22, 2020 in Powder River County, Montana and burned 11,650 acres. It was declared out on August 5, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 11,650 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2020
- Personnel
- 66
Map
Perimeter mapped July 22, 2020 at 7:54 PM MDT, 11,648 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 45.047, -105.735.
The incident
- Size
- 11,650 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2020 at 1:54 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2020 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- July 26, 2020 at 6:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 5, 2020 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Coal Seam
- Location
- 25 m. SW of Broadus, MT
- County
- Powder River County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- DNRC
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 66
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $550,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-MTLG09-000161
- IRWIN identifier
- D7FF0B26-6455-489E-905A-615375D663A1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Broadus, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Broadus, MT32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Gillette, WY53 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Antelope Valley-Crestview, WY58 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sleepy Hollow, WY58 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT60 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sheridan, WY62 miles west of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2020 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 August 11, 2020 at 4:23 PM MDT. Identifier 2020-MTLG09-000161.