Eagle Creek Fire
The Eagle Creek Fire was reported on September 7, 2022 in Hill County, Montana and burned 7,225 acres. It was declared out on November 2, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 7,225 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2022
- Personnel
- 40
Map
Perimeter mapped October 5, 2022 at 9:47 AM MDT, 1 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 48.139, -109.682.
The incident
- Size
- 7,225 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2022 at 2:34 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 19, 2022 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 2, 2022 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 2, 2022 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 30 miles south of Havre MT
- County
- Hill County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Big Sandy
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 40
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $850,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-MTLG12-000356
- IRWIN identifier
- 5DEC5352-4D99-4212-BCC7-240B63EE3BC4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Big Sandy, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Big Sandy, MT20 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Havre, MT28 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Chinook, MT37 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fort Belknap Agency, MT48 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fort Benton, MT51 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lewistown, MT75 miles south 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 November 2, 2022 at 9:09 AM MDT. Identifier 2022-MTLG12-000356.