Brittle Fire
The Brittle Fire was reported on April 23, 2021 in Iosco County, Michigan and burned 5,781 acres. It was declared out on June 3, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,781 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 23, 2021
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped April 27, 2021 at 7:50 AM EDT, 5,666 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.403, -83.715.
The incident
- Size
- 5,781 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 23, 2021 at 2:50 PM EDT
- Contained
- May 6, 2021 at 6:00 PM EDT
- Controlled
- May 13, 2021 at 8:00 AM EDT
- Declared out
- June 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause, Other, Known
- Location
- Huron-Manistee National Forest, Between Sand Lake and River Road
- County
- Iosco County
- State
- Michigan
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,450,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MIHMF-210172
- IRWIN identifier
- AA678D49-B8A1-48C0-9FB3-24420A218BAF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sand Lake, MI covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sand Lake, MI6 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Tawas City, MI14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- East Tawas, MI14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Au Sable, MI19 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Skidway Lake, MI22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hubbard Lake, MI26 miles north 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 June 8, 2021 at 5:46 PM EDT. Identifier 2021-MIHMF-210172.