Woods Creek Fire
The Woods Creek Fire was reported on July 10, 2021 in Broadwater County, Montana and burned 55,449 acres. It was declared out on December 10, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 55,449 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2021
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 11, 2021 at 3:00 AM MDT, 55,449 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.551, -111.356.
The incident
- Size
- 55,449 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2021 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 10, 2021 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 16 miles NE of Townsend MT
- County
- Broadwater County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Townsend
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $27,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-MTHLF-000258
- IRWIN identifier
- D2BAD442-EB6F-4203-8011-4BEE777E359A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for The Silos, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- The Silos, MT16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Townsend, MT18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- East Helena, MT27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Southeast, MT27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Montana City, MT27 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Northeast, MT30 miles west 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 10, 2021 at 2:21 PM MST. Identifier 2021-MTHLF-000258.