Homestead Fire
The Homestead Fire was reported on September 14, 2024 in Sheridan County, Montana and burned 1,000 acres. It was declared out on October 14, 2024.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 14, 2024
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped October 20, 2024 at 10:40 AM MDT, 1,000 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 48.480, -104.567.
The incident
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Near the community of Homestead
- County
- Sheridan County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Poplar
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-MTLG34-000304
- IRWIN identifier
- 051EB68A-983C-482D-807A-D06AE052646A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Plentywood, 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 October 23, 2024 at 9:00 AM MDT. Identifier 2024-MTLG34-000304.