State Creek Fire
The State Creek Fire was reported on August 29, 2020 in Jefferson County, Montana and burned 4,400 acres. It was declared out on December 29, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,400 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2020
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped August 29, 2020 at 6:47 PM MDT, 0 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 46.099, -112.233.
The incident
- Size
- 4,400 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2020 at 12:47 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 29, 2020 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Approximately 16 miles Northeast of Whitehall.
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-MTBDF-006645
- IRWIN identifier
- AF24A95B-DD32-4CA5-AD05-C5482F80D333
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Boulder, MT covers the area today.
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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 March 15, 2021 at 2:55 PM MDT. Identifier 2020-MTBDF-006645.