Crooks Fire
The Crooks Fire was reported on July 23, 2021 in Missoula County, Montana and burned 4,176 acres. It was declared out on November 8, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,176 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2021
- Personnel
- 8
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped October 14, 2021 at 4:54 PM MDT, 2,436 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.180, -113.870.
The incident
- Size
- 4,176 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2021 at 8:21 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 26, 2021 at 11:04 AM MDT
- Controlled
- October 20, 2021 at 12:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 8, 2021 at 11:05 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 10 AIR MILES EAST OF ARLEE MT
- County
- Missoula County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- ARLEE MT
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,560,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTFHA-000150
- IRWIN identifier
- 58A7EF40-12BD-4959-B601-0964F2AF22A3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arlee, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Arlee, MT10 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Seeley Lake, MT18 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Frenchtown, MT20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT21 miles south of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT22 miles south 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 November 9, 2021 at 11:11 AM MST. Identifier 2021-MTFHA-000150.