Quartz Fire
The Quartz Fire was reported on August 14, 2022 in Flathead County, Montana and burned 1,678 acres. It was declared out on November 9, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,678 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2022
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped November 10, 2022 at 9:12 AM MST, 802 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.854, -114.025.
The incident
- Size
- 1,678 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2022 at 10:19 AM MDT
- Contained
- November 2, 2022 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- November 9, 2022 at 9:20 AM MST
- Declared out
- November 9, 2022 at 9:30 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- North fork Flathead River, Quartz creek drainage
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Jurisdiction
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $450,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-MTGNP-000462
- IRWIN identifier
- B0ACC657-0C72-47FB-94AB-889172515BEE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Coram, 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 November 9, 2022 at 9:37 AM MST. Identifier 2022-MTGNP-000462.