Haystack Fire
The Haystack Fire was reported on July 31, 2021 in Jefferson County, Montana and burned 24,326 acres. It was declared out on January 3, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 24,326 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2021
- Personnel
- 19
Map
Perimeter mapped October 13, 2021 at 2:00 AM MDT, 24,326 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 46.118, -112.342.
The incident
- Size
- 24,326 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 31, 2021 at 6:27 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 1, 2021 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 3, 2021 at 4:15 PM MDT
- Declared out
- January 3, 2022 at 10:45 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 11 miles northeast of Butte, MT
- County
- Jefferson County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Butte
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 19
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTBDF-006341
- IRWIN identifier
- ABDC91EC-8812-476E-846A-940BFBF8185B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Walkerville, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Walkerville, MT11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Butte, MT12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Boulder, MT13 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Whitehall, MT21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, MT22 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Deer Lodge, MT27 miles northwest 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 January 10, 2022 at 2:38 PM MST. Identifier 2021-MTBDF-006341.