Wildfire wrapup: 225,024 acres
Daily Inter-Lake | UPDATED 9 years, 4 months AGO
Although fire season is not officially over, it has been knocked back substantially by recent rains and lower temperatures.
Following is a wrapup of major fires across Northwest Montana this summer:
Northwest Montana totals
225,024 acres
Firefighting costs:
$45,643,000
Spotted Bear Fires
Spotted Bear Ranger District
Flathead National
Forest
97,118 acres
(including Bear Creek Fire, 70,906 acres; Trail Creek Fire, 22,200 acres; Lena Lake Fire, 1,500 acres; Spring Lake Fire, 993 acres; Youngs Creek Fire, 800 acres; and 17 other fires)
$2,654,000
Thompson-Divide Complex
Glacier National Park
Great Bear Wilderness
21,931 acres
(including Thompson Fire, 18,847 acres; Sheep Fire, 2,171 acres; Granite Fire, 913 acres)
$7,176,000
Northeast Kootenai Complex
East of Fortine
7,120 acres
(including Marston Fire, 7,000 acres)
$6,200,000
Goat Rock and Clark Fork complexes
Kootenai National
Forest
21,971 acres
(includes Napoleon Fire, 8,957 acres;
Klatawa Fire, 4,629 acres; Berray Mountain Fire, 3,982 acres;
Sawtooth Fire, 2,465 acres; and three fires in east Idaho)
$9,310,000
Rocky Mountain Ranger District
Lewis and Clark National Forest
64,637 acres
(includes Spotted Eagle Fire, 53,889 acres; Moose Ridge Fire, 9,598 acres; Sheep Mountain Fire, 1,150 acres)
$3,196,000
Reynolds Creek Fire
North of St. Mary Lake
Glacier National Park
4,880 acres
$12,873,000
Morrell Complex
North of Seeley Lake
890 acres
$2,948,000
Squeezer Fire
20 miles east of Polson
114 acres
Melton 1 Fire
West of Charlo
Flathead Indian Reservation
3,303 acres
Sucker Creek Fire
Northeast of Lincoln
Helena National Forest
3,060 acres