Sage Fire
The Sage Fire was reported on August 24, 2020 in Valley County, Montana and burned 2,509 acres. It was declared out on September 4, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,509 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2020
- Personnel
- 3
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 48.181, -105.887.
The incident
- Size
- 2,509 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 24, 2020 at 2:10 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 24, 2020 at 10:01 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 4, 2020 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human, Equipment
- Location
- 10 Miles North of Oswego, MT
- County
- Valley County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Oswego
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-MTFPA-200100
- IRWIN identifier
- 2A13256C-4A8B-4A62-9FB6-E4C25D0521B8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wolf Point, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wolf Point, MT13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Glasgow, MT35 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Scobey, MT47 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Plentywood, MT73 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Sidney, MT86 miles east of the fire’s origin
- West Glendive, MT91 miles southeast 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 September 5, 2020 at 11:03 AM MDT. Identifier 2020-MTFPA-200100.