American Fork Fire
The American Fork Fire was reported on July 16, 2021 in Sweet Grass County, Montana and burned 21,892 acres. It was declared out on December 6, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 21,892 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2021
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped July 17, 2021 at 4:30 AM MDT, 10 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 46.165, -110.248.
The incident
- Size
- 21,892 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2021 at 11:30 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 10, 2021 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 18, 2021 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 6, 2021 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 24 miles SW of Harlowton, MT
- County
- Sweet Grass County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Harlowton, MT
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,082,555
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTHLF-005087
- IRWIN identifier
- 59CA0995-D3A8-48C3-A693-813B5FC4E3BD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Big Timber, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Big Timber, MT27 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Livingston, MT38 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bozeman, MT51 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Belgrade, MT52 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Manhattan, MT56 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Four Corners, MT57 miles southwest 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 December 14, 2021 at 10:30 AM MST. Identifier 2021-MTHLF-005087.