2026 Beaverhead County, Montana Wildfires

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3 Active Fires
46,471 Acres Burning About the size of Washington D.C.
4 2026 Season Fires ▲ +2 (+100%) vs same period last year
47,449 2026 Season Acres ▲ +43,174 (+1010%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Beaverhead County

Aug 27 Started 978 acres Slightly larger than Central Park Roe 2 Fire
Aug 27 Started 67 acres 52 football fields Skull Fire
Aug 1 Started 35,509 acres Slightly smaller than Washington D.C. 6.8x the size of JFK Airport Sand Creek
Aug 1 Started 10,895 acres 9.0x the size of Lincoln Park 2.1x the size of JFK Airport Bobcat Lakes

Largest wildfires in Beaverhead County this season

35,509 Acres Slightly smaller than Washington D.C. 6.8x the size of JFK Airport Sand Creek Salmon
10,895 Acres 9.0x the size of Lincoln Park 2.1x the size of JFK Airport Bobcat Lakes Anaconda
978 Acres Slightly larger than Central Park Roe 2 Fire Dillon
67 Acres 52 football fields Skull Fire Anaconda

All 2026 Beaverhead County Fires · 4 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Beaverhead County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Beaverhead County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Beaverhead County is listed too, at its Beaverhead County acres, and is not added to the Beaverhead County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Beaverhead County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Sand Creek Aug 1, 2026 36% Active 35,509 45.4910, -113.2298 45.4363, -113.3327
Bobcat Lakes Aug 1, 2026 66% Active 10,895 45.6378, -113.1248 45.6111, -113.2288
Roe 2 Fire Aug 27, 2026 100% Inactive 978 44.9234, -112.7536 44.8952, -112.8203
Skull Fire Aug 27, 2026 0% Active 67 45.5804, -113.2160 45.5741, -113.2089
Totals 2026 Season Fires 4 Active Fires 3 Acres Burning 46,471 2026 Season Acres 47,449

Land cover · Beaverhead County 2026

Burned acres in Beaverhead County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Beaverhead County % of burned % of Beaverhead County
Forest 43,311 91.3% 29.3%
Range (shrubland) 3,379 7.1% 48.4%
Grassland 455 1.0% 18.6%
Other 267 0.6% 3.8%
Measured acres in Beaverhead County 47,412 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Beaverhead County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Sand Creek 35,509 35,502 33,576 1,469 364 94 0
Bobcat Lakes 10,895 10,861 9,665 946 77 174 0
Roe 2 Fire 978 982 3 965 15 0 0
Skull Fire 67 68 68 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 47,449
Offered to measurement 4 47,449
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 4 47,449
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Beaverhead County 0 0
Measured acres in Beaverhead County 4 47,412
Measured acres outside Beaverhead County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 47,412
Reported minus measured — 37
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Beaverhead County 2026

Burned forest acres in Beaverhead County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Beaverhead County % of burned forest % of Beaverhead County's forestland
Public 42,591 98.3% 91.3%
Federal 42,591 98.3% 88.8%
State 0 0.0% 2.4%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 539 1.2% 8.7%
Family 539 1.2% 7.2%
Corporate 0 0.0% 1.4%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.1%
Ownership not modeled 181 0.4% —
Burned forest in Beaverhead County 43,311 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Beaverhead County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Sand Creek 33,576 33,033 0 0 0 403 140
Bobcat Lakes 9,665 9,488 0 0 0 136 40
Skull Fire 68 68 0 0 0 0 0
Roe 2 Fire 3 2 0 0 0 0 1

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 194,746 43,311
Land cover Forest cells 194,746 43,311
Equal 194,746

Search Fires

🔥 Sand Creek Active 2026
Started: Aug 1 35,509 acre 36% contained
Near Salmon, Idaho · Beaverhead County, Montana
🔥 Bobcat Lakes Active 2026
Started: Aug 1 10,895 acre 66% contained
Near Anaconda · Beaverhead County, Montana
🔥 Skull Fire Active 2026
Started: Aug 27 67 acre 0% contained
Near Anaconda · Beaverhead County, Montana
🔥 Roe 2 Fire 2026
Started: Aug 27 978 acre 100% contained
Near Dillon · Beaverhead County, Montana