Wildfire — Southern Rosebud, Montana

2021-08-08 to 2021-08-21 · Southern Rosebud, Montana

Event narrative

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Wider weather episode

The Richard Spring Fire started on Sunday, August 8th around 230pm MDT 10 miles southwest of Colstrip. It was caused by a coal seam. The wildfire burned 171,130 acres.

When the fire started, winds were gusting to 20 mph, but a strong cold front moved through the fire Sunday night with gusts to 45 mph. The fire resulted in Highways 212 and 39 to be closed at times for several days. Widespread power outages occurred for several days as well. The wildfire forced several evacuations in Lame Deer and Ashland along with several other small communities. In addition, 12 secondary structures were lost. For more detailed information, please see the latest GACC (Geographic Area Coordination Center) Detailed Situation Report.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 978924. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.