Johnson Fire
The Johnson Fire was reported on July 25, 2024 in Ravalli County, Montana and burned 8,438 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,438 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped November 26, 2024 at 10:41 AM MST, 8,337 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 45.867, -113.714.
The incident
- Size
- 8,438 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Johnson fire is located in and out of the A-P wilderness & community of Springer
- County
- Ravalli County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Darby
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,264,733
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-MTBRF-024261
- IRWIN identifier
- E2E54CDB-3F3E-4820-B140-2F0B4DC45DFC
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 29, 2024 (1 acres) to October 16, 2024 (8,337 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,381 acres, mapped September 2, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2024 | 1 | |
| August 4, 2024 | 118 | +117 |
| August 5, 2024 | 270 | +152 |
| August 26, 2024 | 311 | +41 |
| August 29, 2024 | 861 | +550 |
| August 31, 2024 | 1,428 | +567 |
| September 2, 2024 | 3,810 | +2,382 |
| September 4, 2024 | 4,325 | +515 |
| September 5, 2024 | 4,499 | +174 |
| September 6, 2024 | 4,623 | +124 |
| September 7, 2024 | 5,485 | +862 |
| September 8, 2024 | 6,301 | +816 |
| September 10, 2024 | 6,469 | +168 |
| September 11, 2024 | 6,670 | +201 |
| September 12, 2024 | 6,670 | 0 |
| September 13, 2024 | 6,670 | 0 |
| September 14, 2024 | 6,685 | +15 |
| September 15, 2024 | 6,687 | +2 |
| October 7, 2024 | 7,003 | +316 |
| October 8, 2024 | 7,098 | +95 |
| October 10, 2024 | 7,372 | +274 |
| October 13, 2024 | 7,372 | 0 |
| October 14, 2024 | 7,680 | +308 |
| October 16, 2024 | 8,337 | +657 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Darby, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Darby, MT25 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Anaconda, MT41 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Stevensville, MT48 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Salmon, ID49 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, MT50 miles northeast 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 26, 2024 at 10:41 AM MST. Identifier 2024-MTBRF-024261.