Dry Cabin Fire
The Dry Cabin Fire was reported on July 11, 2021 in Lewis and Clark County, Montana and burned 3,600 acres. It was declared out on November 29, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,600 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2021
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped September 8, 2021 at 6:00 PM MDT, 3,583 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.278, -112.956.
The incident
- Size
- 3,600 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2021 at 1:37 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 29, 2021 at 2:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 29, 2021 at 2:32 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 22 miles NE of Seeley Lake, MT
- County
- Lewis and Clark County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Seeley Lake
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $180,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTLNF-000951
- IRWIN identifier
- 1B492040-D21F-4207-86BD-0755F68B7EFF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Seeley Lake, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Seeley Lake, MT26 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lincoln, MT26 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clinton, MT50 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Choteau, MT52 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT52 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT54 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 1:25 PM MST. Identifier 2021-MTLNF-000951.