Doris Point Fire
The Doris Point Fire was reported on July 30, 2023 in Flathead County, Montana and burned 1,606 acres. It was declared out on October 23, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,606 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2023
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped December 19, 2023 at 3:12 PM MST, 1,610 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.284, -114.009.
The incident
- Size
- 1,606 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2023 at 5:55 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 22, 2023 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 26, 2023 at 8:50 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 23, 2023 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 miles south of Hungry Horse, MT
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Hungry Horse
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $421,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-MTFNF-000496
- IRWIN identifier
- 9842D337-9C98-4584-B3F0-239A97D6FB04
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 15, 2023 (509 acres) to September 2, 2023 (1,610 acres). The largest one-day growth was 348 acres, mapped August 20, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2023 | 509 | |
| August 16, 2023 | 519 | +10 |
| August 17, 2023 | 646 | +127 |
| August 18, 2023 | 904 | +258 |
| August 19, 2023 | 1,186 | +282 |
| August 20, 2023 | 1,534 | +348 |
| August 24, 2023 | 1,585 | +51 |
| August 25, 2023 | 1,588 | +3 |
| August 26, 2023 | 1,597 | +9 |
| August 28, 2023 | 1,600 | +3 |
| August 29, 2023 | 1,606 | +6 |
| September 1, 2023 | 1,610 | +4 |
| September 2, 2023 | 1,610 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hungry Horse, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Hungry Horse, MT7 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Columbia Falls, MT10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Evergreen, MT13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Kalispell, MT15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bigfork, MT16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Somers, MT17 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 November 7, 2023 at 11:35 AM MST. Identifier 2023-MTFNF-000496.