Fishtail Fire
The Fishtail Fire was reported on August 20, 2024 in Stillwater County, Montana and burned 1,100 acres. It was declared out on August 29, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 20, 2024
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 45.436, -109.508.
The incident
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 20, 2024 at 5:44 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 29, 2024 at 6:03 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Stillwater County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-MTLG32-240786
- IRWIN identifier
- 759AC2B4-1AD1-413E-8261-1A3E0548E1F0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Absarokee, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Absarokee, MT7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Columbus, MT19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Red Lodge, MT21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Big Timber, MT35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Laurel, MT39 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Livingston, MT53 miles west 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 October 6, 2024 at 9:30 AM MDT. Identifier 2024-MTLG32-240786.