Colt Fire
The Colt Fire was reported on July 18, 2023 in Missoula County, Montana and burned 7,154 acres. It was declared out on October 30, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,154 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2023
- Personnel
- 46
Map
Perimeter mapped October 30, 2023 at 10:19 AM MDT, 7,154 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.353, -113.666.
The incident
- Size
- 7,154 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2023 at 6:59 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 1, 2023 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 25, 2023 at 9:25 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 30, 2023 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 Miles NW of Seeley Lake
- County
- Missoula County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Seeley Lake
- Protecting agency
- DNRC
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 46
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $32,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-MTSWS-200549
- IRWIN identifier
- 98E70374-11D1-443F-94FE-8086DED86852
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 20, 2023 (19 acres) to October 30, 2023 (7,154 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,464 acres, mapped July 22, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 20, 2023 | 19 | |
| July 22, 2023 | 1,483 | +1,464 |
| July 24, 2023 | 2,927 | +1,444 |
| July 25, 2023 | 4,390 | +1,463 |
| July 27, 2023 | 4,937 | +547 |
| July 28, 2023 | 5,252 | +315 |
| July 29, 2023 | 5,475 | +223 |
| July 30, 2023 | 6,178 | +703 |
| August 1, 2023 | 6,704 | +526 |
| August 2, 2023 | 6,860 | +156 |
| August 3, 2023 | 7,098 | +238 |
| August 4, 2023 | 7,179 | +81 |
| August 7, 2023 | 7,179 | 0 |
| August 8, 2023 | 7,173 | -6 |
| August 9, 2023 | 7,188 | +15 |
| August 10, 2023 | 7,194 | +6 |
| August 11, 2023 | 7,188 | -6 |
| August 12, 2023 | 7,134 | -54 |
| August 13, 2023 | 7,132 | -2 |
| August 14, 2023 | 7,132 | 0 |
| August 15, 2023 | 7,155 | +23 |
| August 16, 2023 | 7,154 | -1 |
| October 30, 2023 | 7,154 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Seeley Lake, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Seeley Lake, MT15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ronan, MT24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pablo, MT27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Polson, MT33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT35 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Frenchtown, MT35 miles southwest 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 April 24, 2024 at 4:09 PM MDT. Identifier 2023-MTSWS-200549.