Long Butte Fire
The Long Butte Fire was reported on August 20, 2022 in Powder River County, Montana and burned 1,500 acres. It was declared out on September 2, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2022
- Personnel
- 50
Map
Perimeter mapped September 15, 2022 at 10:50 AM MDT (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.027, -106.121.
The incident
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2022 at 4:53 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 22, 2022 at 12:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 23, 2022 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 2, 2022 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 40 miles SSE of Ashland, MT
- County
- Powder River County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 50
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-MTLG09-000234
- IRWIN identifier
- BD2F239E-DE02-4616-8395-338AAB8E794F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ashland, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ashland, MT40 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Sheridan, WY44 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT49 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Buffalo, WY55 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Gillette, WY59 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Antelope Valley-Crestview, WY64 miles southeast 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 September 2, 2022 at 11:04 AM MDT. Identifier 2022-MTLG09-000234.