Cinnabar Fire
The Cinnabar Fire was reported on August 19, 2020 in Granite County, Montana and burned 2,955 acres. It was declared out on October 27, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,955 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped September 6, 2020 at 3:36 PM MDT, 2,689 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 46.591, -113.799.
The incident
- Size
- 2,955 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2020 at 4:24 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 27, 2020 at 9:15 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 27, 2020 at 9:20 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Welcome Creek Wilderness
- County
- Granite County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,651,485
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-MTLNF-001896
- IRWIN identifier
- 90B77E05-25E4-4162-AD46-13C802970BBA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Clinton, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Clinton, MT13 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lolo, MT18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT20 miles north of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT21 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 November 17, 2020 at 9:04 AM MST. Identifier 2020-MTLNF-001896.