Official situation reports, containment progress, and county-level threat analysis for Montana.
Air quality data from AirNow.gov (EPA), measured near each fire's location.
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So far, 44 active wildfires have been recorded burning a combined 116,230 acres in Montana, based on official NIFC data.
The largest currently active fire in Montana is the Sand Creek Fire in Beaverhead County, at 35,520 acres and 80% contained.
Right now, active fires span 17 different counties in Montana: Beaverhead, Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Flathead, Garfield, Granite, Lincoln, Meagher, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Rosebud, Sanders, Stillwater, Sweet Grass. Use the county filter above or the search box to jump straight to your area.
Containment refers to the percentage of a fire's perimeter that firefighters have secured with control lines, not how much of the fire is extinguished. Read more about containment strategy in our glossary.
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There are currently 44 active wildfires reported in Montana, covering a combined 116,230 acres.
The largest currently active wildfire in Montana is the Sand Creek Fire at 35,520 acres, 80% contained.
Active wildfires are currently reported across 17 counties in Montana: Beaverhead, Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Flathead, Garfield, Granite, Lincoln, Meagher, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Rosebud, Sanders, Stillwater, Sweet Grass.
Use the search box above or the county buttons under "Active Wildfires by County" to filter this page down to a single county. Every incident card also shows which county it's burning in.
Active fire data is pulled from NIFC every 20 minutes. AI-generated situation summaries refresh whenever new official data is reported for a given fire.
All incident data comes from the National Interagency Fire Center's official WFIGS feed. AI summaries are generated strictly from that official data and never invent facts.
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