Burn severity · Montana 2025

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Montana
Unburned to very low 6,381 6,299 2,859 505 0 16,044
Low 2,217 4,235 4,230 215 0 10,896
Moderate low 2,118 1,708 1,892 115 0 5,834
Moderate high 2,283 642 328 64 0 3,317
High 9,399 491 116 52 0 10,058
Assessed acres in Montana 22,397 13,375 9,425 952 0 46,150
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Montana Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Windy Rock Fire 6,175 6,175 1,517 269 278 371 3,740
Mission Butte Fire 6,149 4,609 176 2,603 1,490 233 108
Knowles Fire 3,816 3,817 2,235 517 315 242 507
McAllister Fire 3,560 3,497 1,559 1,451 431 48 8
Wilder Fire 3,450 3,452 1,986 671 353 227 217
Cloudrest 3,174 3,176 975 322 280 289 1,310
Horn Fire 2,800 2,657 1,772 779 86 18 2
Summer Springs Fire 2,568 2,562 381 875 523 343 440
Bivens Creek 2,126 2,129 575 185 131 152 1,086
Timber Butte Fire 2,245 2,068 522 1,064 373 46 64
Tullock Fire 1,469 1,437 90 337 305 289 417
Isabella Fire in Isabella and Lost Girl Fires 1,411 1,411 671 88 109 123 419
West Fork Piles -South Half Rx Fire 76 1,150 642 373 109 25 2
West Fork Fire 963 967 139 103 117 132 474
Pony Creek Fire 1,062 908 280 196 122 94 216
Ransome Fire 704 698 101 96 104 166 231
Buddha Ranch Fire 600 604 604 0 0 0 0
Pot Mountain Fire 594 489 45 74 97 89 185
Miller Creek Fire 497 476 36 175 162 66 36
Foley Ridge Fire 571 384 158 54 45 50 77
Corral Creek Fire 356 358 59 90 82 64 63
Mile Marker 91 Fire 308 309 284 19 4 2 0
Lost Girl Fire in Isabella and Lost Girl Fires 309 309 237 24 14 18 15
Silver -Mc Cone Fire 234 234 159 64 11 0 0
Sandbar 2 Fire 243 229 17 40 35 40 97
Spruce Fire in Green Rattle Complex Fire 286 229 108 36 29 26 30
Dry Head Fire 164 166 75 78 12 2 0
Squeezer Creek Fire 165 138 104 8 6 5 15
High Fire 135 135 36 23 29 25 21
Observation Point Fire 105 105 9 12 22 37 24
Beaverball -Rosebud Fire 99 98 97 2 0 0 0
Little Rosebud Creek Fire 120 95 0 71 23 1 0
Early Dawn Fire 85 86 17 34 18 10 7
Cutaway Fire 81 81 66 1 0 1 12
Spruce Ridge Fire in Green Rattle Complex Fire 80 80 11 7 7 16 39
Beaver Creek Fire 82 75 17 25 26 6 1
Deer Fire 75 70 5 3 4 8 50
Garnet Fire 70 69 21 3 4 5 35
South Meadow Fire 140 62 8 4 7 9 34
Brown S Fire 61 60 10 18 9 11 11
Sucker Creek Fire 55 54 26 5 3 6 14
Breaks Coulee Fire 50 52 0 24 21 6 0
Beaver Hill -Wibaux Fire 45 46 39 7 0 0 0
Slaughter House Creek Fire 36 37 3 21 10 2 0
Gill Gulch Fire 34 35 1 0 1 2 30
Ashenhurst Fire 33 34 27 6 0 0 0
Dominic Point Fire 31 30 16 2 1 2 9
Mc Clain Fire 18 23 15 6 2 0 0
Green Mountain Fire & Garnet Fire 70 18 12 6 0 0 0
Little Spear Fire 10 17 7 4 5 0 0
Darlene 2 Fire 233 17 17 0 0 0 0
Sawmill Fire 14 17 11 2 1 1 1
S Two Bear Rd Fire 16 16 0 0 8 2 5
Thelen -Wibaux Fire 14 15 12 3 0 0 0
Yarger Butte Fire 15 14 0 6 4 2 0
Midway Fire 12 12 8 2 1 1 0
Little Seepay Fire 9 9 8 1 1 0 0
Tenny Fire 15 8 7 1 0 0 0
Four Mile Fire 2 8 6 2 0 0 0
Rusty Mizpah Fire 2 6 0 0 0 1 5
Owl Fire 4 5 5 0 0 0 0
Maggie Creek -Custer Fire 4 5 5 0 0 0 0
Two Tree Fire 20 4 1 2 0 0 0
Poor Pump -Dawson Fire 3 3 3 0 0 0 0
South Anderson -Garfield Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Airport -Custer Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
West Cook Fire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Jay Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Cabin Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lick Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
I94 Mm101 -Rosebud Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lazy U -Garfield Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Deer Park Fire 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Pit Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crow Creek Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Metlin -Powder River Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ulm Creek Fire burned in from another state or province 2,929 60 (of 2,930) 0 6 13 27 14
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Bronco Fire 18,041 — Awaiting a perimeter
Sawlog 2,030 — Awaiting a perimeter
Devil Mountain Fire 1,932 — Smaller than one cell
Banana Lake Fire 833 — Awaiting a perimeter
Jericho Mountain Fire 482 — Awaiting a perimeter
Hilger Valley Fire 295 — Awaiting a perimeter
Rattle Mountain Fire 122 123 Every cell outside Montana
Green Mtn Fire 83 34 Every cell outside Montana
Big Creek Fire 75 — Awaiting a perimeter
Mm 165 -Garfield Fire 2 — Smaller than one cell
Bata Fire 1 — Smaller than one cell
Sh 2 -Custer Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Saddle Mountain Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Daily Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Sage Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Liten Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Rot Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 89 71,855
Offered to assessment 93 71,855
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 76 47,959
Awaiting a perimeter 6 21,756
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 9 1,935
Every cell outside Montana 2 205
Assessed acres in Montana 76 46,150
Assessed acres outside Montana — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 46,150
Burned in from another state or province 1 60

Generated 2026-09-17 20:25 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 20:25 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for MT. 30 m cells.