Butternut Fire
The Butternut Fire was reported on November 18, 2024 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts and burned 1,675 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,675 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 18, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped May 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM EDT, 372 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 42.178, -73.337.
The incident
- Size
- 1,675 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 18, 2024 at 8:30 PM EST
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined (remarks required), Under investigation
- Location
- 1.5 Miles southeast of Great Barrington, MA
- County
- Berkshire County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Nearest city reported
- Great Barrington
- Protecting agency
- FFC
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $130,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-MAMAS-FD120021
- IRWIN identifier
- EA6C5BCE-CE05-4776-BF21-47A47FDB01B7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Great Barrington, MA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Great Barrington, MA2 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Berkshire Heights, MA2 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sheffield, MA5 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Housatonic, MA5 miles north of the fire’s origin
- New Marlborough, MA7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Stockbridge, MA8 miles north of the fire’s origin
Massachusetts wildfires today Wildfires of 2024 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated May 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM EDT. Identifier 2024-MAMAS-FD120021.