Railroad Fire
The Railroad Fire was reported on July 25, 2024 in Ravalli County, Montana and burned 1,583 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,583 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped November 26, 2024 at 9:02 AM MST, 1,583 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.157, -113.859.
The incident
- Size
- 1,583 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 25, 2024 at 8:59 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Railroad Creek / Skalkaho Creek confluence, 26 miles SE of Hamilton, MT
- County
- Ravalli County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Hamilton
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $87,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-MTBRF-024251
- IRWIN identifier
- C4F6665D-4946-47C6-92E6-076980A610F6
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 29, 2024 (3 acres) to November 26, 2024 (1,583 acres). The largest one-day growth was 307 acres, mapped September 11, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 29, 2024 | 3 | |
| August 27, 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| August 29, 2024 | 140 | +137 |
| September 3, 2024 | 246 | +106 |
| September 5, 2024 | 362 | +116 |
| September 6, 2024 | 383 | +21 |
| September 7, 2024 | 437 | +54 |
| September 8, 2024 | 502 | +65 |
| September 10, 2024 | 632 | +130 |
| September 11, 2024 | 939 | +307 |
| September 14, 2024 | 1,006 | +67 |
| September 15, 2024 | 1,007 | +1 |
| September 19, 2024 | 1,007 | 0 |
| October 2, 2024 | 1,039 | +32 |
| October 3, 2024 | 1,071 | +32 |
| October 4, 2024 | 1,080 | +9 |
| October 6, 2024 | 1,279 | +199 |
| October 7, 2024 | 1,290 | +11 |
| October 8, 2024 | 1,300 | +10 |
| October 9, 2024 | 1,429 | +129 |
| October 10, 2024 | 1,441 | +12 |
| October 11, 2024 | 1,446 | +5 |
| October 13, 2024 | 1,461 | +15 |
| October 14, 2024 | 1,496 | +35 |
| October 15, 2024 | 1,546 | +50 |
| November 26, 2024 | 1,583 | +37 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hamilton, MT covers the area today.
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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 9:02 AM MST. Identifier 2024-MTBRF-024251.