744 Fire
The 744 Fire was reported on April 1, 2021 in Billings County, North Dakota and burned 2,171 acres. It was declared out on July 28, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,171 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 1, 2021
- Personnel
- 7
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Map
Perimeter mapped April 3, 2021 at 10:00 AM MDT, 115 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.902, -103.586.
The incident
- Size
- 2,171 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 1, 2021 at 1:34 PM MDT
- Contained
- April 5, 2021 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- April 7, 2021 at 5:19 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 28, 2021 at 11:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human, Utilities, Power Generation/Transmission
- Location
- Adjacent to the city of Medora, ND
- County
- Billings County
- State
- North Dakota
- Nearest city reported
- Medora
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $90,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NDDPF-210057
- IRWIN identifier
- 231D42B6-51E4-40C5-B22A-599373A67CCE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Medora, ND 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 September 20, 2021 at 3:07 PM MDT. Identifier 2021-NDDPF-210057.