Trail Creek Fire
The Trail Creek Fire was reported on July 8, 2021 in Beaverhead County, Montana and burned 62,013 acres. It was declared out on January 11, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 62,013 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2021
Map
Perimeter mapped September 29, 2021 at 9:55 PM MDT, 62,013 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.683, -113.854.
The incident
- Size
- 62,013 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2021 at 1:26 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 4, 2021 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- January 11, 2022 at 11:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 20 miles West of Wisdom, MT on HWY 43
- County
- Beaverhead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Wisdom
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTBDF-006272
- IRWIN identifier
- 07C75421-ED46-4D0C-90A7-9B89F6C80A9B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Darby, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 11, 2022 at 10:47 AM MST. Identifier 2021-MTBDF-006272.