Route 1 Fire
The Route 1 Fire was reported on September 1, 2023 in Roosevelt County, Montana and burned 1,437 acres. It was declared out on September 21, 2023.
- Size
- 1,437 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2023
- Personnel
- 38
Map
Perimeter mapped September 1, 2023 at 9:40 PM MDT, 250 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 48.144, -104.783.
The incident
- Size
- 1,437 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 1, 2023 at 4:40 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 8, 2023 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 21, 2023 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 1 mile west of Fort Kipp on Route 1 Road
- County
- Roosevelt County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Fort Kipp
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 38
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $90,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-MTFPA-000238
- IRWIN identifier
- AE9F6D9A-6C61-4E57-BE60-0AF8C4998BD7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Culbertson, 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 January 29, 2024 at 2:37 PM MST. Identifier 2023-MTFPA-000238.