2026 Rosebud County, Montana Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Rosebud County
Largest wildfires in Rosebud County this season
All 2026 Rosebud County Fires · 16 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Rosebud 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 Rosebud County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Rosebud County is listed too, at its Rosebud County acres, and is not added to the Rosebud County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Rosebud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slough Grass Fire | Aug 6, 2026 | 10% | Inactive | 5,465 | 45.7232, -106.7632 | 45.7916, -106.7802 |
| Harris Fire | Aug 9, 2026 | 60% | Inactive | 915 of 924 | 45.1894, -106.6336 | 45.1932, -106.6324 |
| Valley Fire | Aug 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 224 | 46.2425, -106.7062 | 46.2440, -106.7047 |
| Tie Creek Fire | Sep 5, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 167 | 45.4723, -106.5257 | 45.3138, -106.5357 |
| Wildcat Fire | Mar 9, 2026 | — | Inactive | 100 | 46.2986, -106.5398 | 46.2665, -106.5000 |
| Trap Fire | Aug 31, 2026 | — | Inactive | 90 | 45.7677, -106.8237 | 45.7865, -106.7794 |
| Mc Graw Fire | Jul 17, 2026 | — | Inactive | 59 | 46.3218, -106.7540 | 46.3224, -106.8926 |
| Cottonwood Fire | Jul 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 42 | 45.6964, -106.9018 | 45.6942, -106.9058 |
| Rough Draw Fire | Aug 30, 2026 | — | Inactive | 25 | 45.7867, -106.8096 | 45.7862, -106.8129 |
| Kelty Fire | Jul 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 25 | 45.5297, -106.4733 | 45.5307, -106.4732 |
| Cracker Ridge Fire | Jul 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 17 | 46.3047, -106.2624 | 46.3044, -106.2639 |
| West Horn Fire | Jul 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 10 | 45.5463, -106.5832 | 45.5469, -106.5853 |
| Wrong Turn -Rosebud Fire | Jun 26, 2026 | — | Inactive | 2 | 45.9342, -106.6628 | 45.9343, -106.6624 |
| High School Fire | Sep 16, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 45.5925, -106.6553 | 45.5920, -106.6552 |
| Sweet Medicine Fire | Sep 16, 2026 | — | Active | 0 | 45.6089, -106.6678 | 45.6088, -106.6678 |
| Dalman -Rosebud Fire | Jun 17, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 46.2793, -106.5613 | 46.2795, -106.5614 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 16 | Active Fires 2 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 7,141 |
Land cover · Rosebud County 2026
Burned acres in Rosebud 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 · Rosebud County 2026
Burned forest acres in Rosebud 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 · Rosebud County 2026
Burned acres in Rosebud 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.