2026 Roosevelt County, Montana Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Roosevelt County
Largest wildfires in Roosevelt County this season
All 2026 Roosevelt County Fires · 12 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Roosevelt County is listed too, at its Roosevelt County acres, and is not added to the Roosevelt County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Roosevelt County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Ranch 1 Fire | Jul 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 178 | 48.3492, -105.4162 | 48.3590, -105.4490 |
| Midnight Strike Fire | May 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 16 | 48.2873, -104.7966 | 48.2880, -104.7917 |
| Bia 1 Fire | May 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 15 | 48.1164, -105.2545 | 48.1145, -105.2552 |
| Loop Fire | Aug 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 11 | 48.1579, -105.3336 | 48.1397, -105.3386 |
| Powerline 2 Fire | May 26, 2026 | — | Inactive | 11 | 48.0455, -105.7488 | 48.0449, -105.7451 |
| Idaho Fire | Aug 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 48.0815, -105.6368 | 48.0816, -105.6369 |
| Chelsea Slough Fire | Mar 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 48.1334, -105.3345 | 48.1339, -105.3343 |
| Crow Head Fire | Sep 24, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 48.0965, -105.0463 | 48.0961, -105.0462 |
| Target Hill Fire | Jul 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.1174, -105.6018 | 48.1171, -105.6028 |
| Honey Fire | Jul 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.0861, -105.5503 | 48.0857, -105.5497 |
| Chelsea Church Fire | Jul 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.1342, -105.3353 | 48.1346, -105.3397 |
| Walker Fire | Jul 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 48.1099, -105.1802 | 48.1100, -105.1800 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 12 | Active Fires 1 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 233 |
Land cover · Roosevelt County 2026
Burned acres in Roosevelt 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.
Forest ownership · Roosevelt County 2026
Burned forest acres in Roosevelt 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.
Burn severity · Roosevelt County 2026
Burned acres in Roosevelt County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.