Trail Ridge Fire
The Trail Ridge Fire was reported on August 26, 2022 in Beaverhead County, Montana and burned 18,138 acres. It was declared out on December 31, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 18,138 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped May 15, 2023 at 7:58 AM MDT, 18,021 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.775, -113.868.
The incident
- Size
- 18,138 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 26, 2022 at 1:11 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 29, 2022 at 10:20 AM MDT
- Declared out
- December 31, 2022 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 22 mi NW of Wisdom, MT
- County
- Beaverhead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Wisdom, MT
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,750,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-MTBDF-006286
- IRWIN identifier
- 38E1E5D7-9433-4153-800A-7804762FE177
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Darby, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Darby, MT23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT36 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Salmon, ID41 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Anaconda, MT51 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT52 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, MT59 miles northeast 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 January 26, 2023 at 10:54 AM MST. Identifier 2022-MTBDF-006286.