Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire was reported on August 10, 2021 in Yellowstone County, Montana and burned 3,900 acres. It was declared out on September 17, 2021.
- Size
- 3,900 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2021
- Personnel
- 33
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 9:13 AM MDT (gps-flight). Point of origin 45.646, -108.315.
The incident
- Size
- 3,900 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2021 at 2:49 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 18, 2021 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 31, 2021 at 6:13 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 17, 2021 at 4:25 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined, Origin and/or cause not identified
- Location
- 18 Miles South East of Billings MT
- County
- Yellowstone County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Pryor
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 33
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $80,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTCRA-210429
- IRWIN identifier
- CD536308-3566-4122-90FF-43B198341D61
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lockwood, 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 December 1, 2021 at 4:16 PM MST. Identifier 2021-MTCRA-210429.