2026 Powder River County, Montana Wildfires

0 Active Fires

0 Acres Burning

11 2026 Season Fires ▲ +7 (+175%) vs same period last year

3,563 2026 Season Acres ▲ +3,526 (+9530%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Powder River County

Aug 3 Started 738 acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Griffin Fire

Jul 13 Started 53 acres 41 football fields Shadow Ridge Fire

Jul 4 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Creek Fire

Jun 16 Started 2 acres 2 football fields Fox Farm -Powder River Fire

May 30 Started 4 acres 3 football fields Bootjack Fire

May 27 Started 1 acres 1 football fields Basin Fire

Largest wildfires in Powder River County this season

2,689 Acres 3.2x the size of Central Park 52% the size of JFK Airport Bradshaw Fire Ashland

738 Acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Griffin Fire Ashland

53 Acres 41 football fields Shadow Ridge Fire Broadus

35 Acres 27 football fields Rough Brad Fire Ashland

34 Acres 26 football fields Elk Creek Fire Ashland

5 Acres 4 football fields Epsie Fire Broadus

All 2026 Powder River County Fires · 11 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Powder River 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 Powder River County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Powder River County is listed too, at its Powder River County acres, and is not added to the Powder River County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Powder River 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
Bradshaw Fire	May 27, 2026	100%	Inactive	2,689	45.0728, -105.9758	45.0676, -105.9712
Griffin Fire	Aug 3, 2026	95%	Inactive	738	45.2499, -106.1253	45.2570, -106.1373
Shadow Ridge Fire	Jul 13, 2026	—	Inactive	53	45.0351, -105.2205	45.0321, -105.2232
Rough Brad Fire	May 1, 2026	—	Inactive	35	45.0580, -105.9600	45.0594, -105.9592
Elk Creek Fire	May 13, 2026	—	Inactive	34	45.3272, -105.9934	45.3441, -106.0201
Epsie Fire	May 14, 2026	—	Inactive	5	45.5313, -105.7869	45.5310, -105.7860
Bootjack Fire	May 30, 2026	—	Inactive	4	45.0695, -105.8061	45.0625, -105.8510
Fox Farm -Powder River Fire	Jun 16, 2026	—	Inactive	2	45.0157, -105.7207	45.0525, -105.7457
Creek Fire	Jul 4, 2026	—	Inactive	1	45.2079, -106.0285	45.2080, -106.0280
Basin Fire	May 27, 2026	—	Inactive	1	45.1880, -105.7773	45.1307, -105.6747
Allison Creek -Powder River Fire	Mar 12, 2026	—	Inactive	1	45.3948, -105.3478	45.3948, -105.3478
Totals	2026 Season Fires 11	Active Fires 0	Acres Burning 0	2026 Season Acres 3,563