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Wildfire wrapup: 225,024 acres

| September 9, 2015 9:00 PM

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