Taylor Fire
The Taylor Fire was reported on August 1, 2021 in Fergus County, Montana and burned 27,178 acres. It was declared out on August 20, 2021.
- Size
- 27,178 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2021
- Personnel
- 49
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 August 3, 2021 at 6:18 AM MDT, 22,916 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.450, -109.637.
The incident
- Size
- 27,178 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2021 at 11:14 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2021 at 11:15 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 20, 2021 at 1:27 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 20, 2021 at 1:27 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined
- Location
- 16 miles NE of Denton, MT off Bear Springs Rd.
- County
- Fergus County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Denton, MT
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 49
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,680,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTLG08-000400
- IRWIN identifier
- B95E4D75-3773-4112-A9FC-357B5FC5E5F0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lewistown, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lewistown, MT28 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Fort Benton, MT54 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT72 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Havre, MT76 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Great Falls, MT78 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Chinook, MT81 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 October 28, 2021 at 3:00 PM MDT. Identifier 2021-MTLG08-000400.