Burn severity · Montana 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Montana
Unburned to very low 20,066 6,550 4,993 833 0 32,443
Low 2,566 4,264 6,467 366 0 13,662
Moderate low 2,572 4,322 6,972 196 0 14,062
Moderate high 3,852 4,206 6,891 251 0 15,200
High 54,475 6,109 8,409 352 0 69,344
Assessed acres in Montana 83,530 25,450 33,732 1,999 0 144,711
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Montana Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Sand Creek 35,520 35,514 7,852 741 692 1,353 24,876
Davis Coulee Fire 15,470 15,505 752 1,298 2,787 4,539 6,129
Snow Fire in Rattlesnake Complex 14,056 14,054 434 1,159 2,108 3,279 7,074
Bobcat Lakes 10,896 10,895 2,778 603 519 611 6,384
Camp Creek Fire 9,725 9,657 1,305 176 146 242 7,790
Silvertip Fire 7,272 7,279 1,963 647 445 431 3,793
Slough Grass Fire 5,465 6,468 856 2,572 2,264 685 90
Moose Fire 6,005 6,004 1,242 213 169 222 4,159
Rehder Creek Fire 4,886 4,566 4,191 187 105 65 18
Windmill Fire 4,253 4,250 1,879 984 560 474 353
Skillet Fire 3,414 3,413 1,643 55 29 114 1,572
Bradshaw Fire 2,689 2,210 361 1,314 462 57 16
Black Bear Fire 2,126 2,126 1,038 117 151 202 618
Jericho Creek 2,068 2,067 1,108 148 153 164 493
Middle Coulee Fire 1,200 1,517 470 537 247 161 101
Nature Grove Fire 1,422 1,425 582 73 57 48 664
Elder 1 Fire 1,235 1,234 351 91 121 174 497
East Side Fire 1,219 1,217 476 117 76 83 467
Anticline Fire 1,000 1,216 108 338 339 144 288
Deer Creek Fire 1,099 1,098 260 32 36 54 717
Teal Fire 980 982 967 14 0 0 0
Roe 2 Fire 978 982 0 7 16 76 882
Harris Fire 924 926 85 267 385 171 18
Big Buffalo Fire 3,598 869 7 30 95 156 581
Griffin Fire 738 737 41 182 239 212 64
716 Complex 1 Fire 623 624 376 245 3 0 0
Panama Fire 598 596 164 109 89 85 149
Ayers Pond Fire in Rattlesnake Complex 593 596 59 302 203 32 0
Pine Creek Fire 413 413 9 155 167 61 21
Deer Hollow Fire 402 405 1 58 180 137 30
Ant Park 400 401 55 53 53 19 220
Hwy 91 Inc 964 Fire 361 360 0 13 107 181 59
Lost Cabin Fire 305 319 0 22 117 81 99
Magpie Fire 292 294 35 44 43 74 97
New Hope Fire 213 262 3 8 24 54 172
East Fork Creek Fire 248 250 0 10 43 138 59
Sawmill Fire 249 250 9 12 49 54 126
Billy Fire 230 229 25 60 48 28 67
Valley Fire 224 224 5 32 68 79 41
Plum Bloom Fire 100 183 0 29 73 54 26
Buffalo Ranch 1 Fire 178 180 108 55 14 3 0
Cherry Peak Fire 173 174 47 4 3 9 111
Tie Creek Fire 167 167 22 40 58 32 15
King Salmon Fire 151 153 0 9 47 73 23
Coal Seam Fire 30 119 16 47 36 19 1
North Fork Fire 118 118 30 51 23 8 7
Wildcat Fire 100 104 104 0 0 0 0
Marmot Peak Fire 59 95 23 2 2 4 63
Mm111 -Carter Fire 94 94 94 0 0 0 0
Woodson Road -Fallon Fire 91 92 0 18 32 34 8
Twin Sisters Fire 92 92 8 1 2 4 78
Trap Fire 90 91 10 39 30 11 0
Valley Fire 90 90 90 1 0 0 0
Baldy Peak Fire 87 86 3 24 23 18 18
Last Chance -Mc Cone Fire 77 77 18 52 8 0 0
Reservoir Fire 73 73 1 14 31 18 10
Butterfly Fire 67 68 53 0 0 0 14
Skull Fire 67 68 22 0 0 3 42
Mc Graw Fire 59 60 1 27 24 8 0
Shadow Ridge Fire 53 57 0 13 36 7 0
Mine Fire 10 51 2 17 20 8 4
Falls Point Fire 46 46 14 1 0 1 30
Mm 8 -Wibaux Fire 27 42 0 12 16 6 8
Cottonwood Fire 42 42 0 4 14 18 6
West Horn Fire 10 42 32 2 3 3 2
Sunday Creek-Custer Fire 39 40 0 1 20 19 0
Espy Fire 39 40 5 26 9 0 0
Sandpaper -Dawson Fire 37 37 1 11 15 7 4
Natural Bridge Fire 34 35 34 1 0 0 0
Elk Creek Fire 34 35 9 22 4 0 0
Rough Brad Fire 35 35 3 28 3 0 0
Eagles Nest Fire 33 28 28 0 0 0 0
Fly Creek 2 Fire 20 28 0 0 8 12 7
Advent Creek Fire 33 28 3 0 1 1 24
Ortiz Fire 3 27 0 3 14 7 3
Ash Fire 25 26 0 2 6 11 6
Blue Ridge -Garfield Fire 26 26 4 14 7 0 0
Chilcott Rd Fire 22 25 25 0 0 0 0
Four Dances Fire 25 25 0 1 2 6 16
Owl Creek Fire 25 25 25 0 0 0 0
Rough Draw Fire 25 25 2 11 8 3 2
Burdick Fire 23 24 24 0 0 0 0
Kelty Fire 25 23 6 6 7 2 2
North Sarpy Fire 20 23 0 1 6 6 10
Buffalo Spring Fire 15 19 0 4 8 7 0
Ah Nei Fire 5 18 11 7 0 0 0
537 -Dawson Fire 16 17 0 0 3 6 7
Duck Creek -Fallon Fire 119 17 1 1 11 4 0
Cracker Ridge Fire 17 17 0 4 9 4 0
Midnight Strike Fire 16 15 15 0 0 0 0
Bia 1 Fire 15 15 13 3 0 0 0
Brake Drum -Mc Cone Fire 13 14 0 1 4 9 0
Powerline 2 Fire 11 12 12 0 0 0 0
Loop Fire 11 12 0 2 10 0 0
House Speaker -Richland Fire 11 11 0 2 4 5 1
Adams Fire 11 11 5 0 1 1 4
Queen Gulch Fire 8 10 1 0 0 0 8
South Fork Fire 5 6 6 0 0 0 0
Allison Creek -Powder River Fire 5 5 5 0 0 0 0
Bootjack Fire 4 4 1 3 0 0 0
Pronghorn Fire 6 4 2 2 0 0 0
Valentine Fire 4 4 1 2 1 0 0
Lumber Fire 3 4 1 1 1 0 0
Wilson Creek -Custer Fire 3 3 0 0 2 1 0
Williams -Custer Fire 2 3 0 1 2 1 0
Horse Shoe Bend Fire 3 3 1 2 0 0 0
Ross Fork Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Epsie Fire 5 2 0 2 0 0 0
Basin Fire 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Fox Farm -Powder River Fire 2 2 0 2 1 0 0
Wrong Turn -Rosebud Fire 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Chelsea Church Fire 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Tree Line -Dawson Fire 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
Bear Jaw Fire 2 2 0 2 1 0 0
Chelsea Slough Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Lane -Carter Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Pine Hills Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rodeo Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Creek Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Wedding -Garfield Fire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hay Field -Mc Cone Fire 14 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gray Fire 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fort Keogh Fire 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Idaho Fire 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Log Creek Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Ingomar Road -Garfield Fire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Spring Park Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ada Creek -Garfield Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewis Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aarie Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlson Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dalman -Rosebud Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fence Post Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cedar Canyon -Custer Fire 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Honey Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamoose Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trixie Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
High School Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Crow Head Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitetail Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Tri Fire 301 — Awaiting a perimeter
Little Rock -Wibaux Fire 42 — Awaiting a perimeter
Blue Ridge -Wibaux Fire 11 — Awaiting a perimeter
Cattle Baron Fire 4 — Awaiting a perimeter
Tana Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Fulkerson Fire 1 — Awaiting a perimeter
Lg51 6035 Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Road -Garfield Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Vape Fire 0 — Awaiting a perimeter
Substation Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Fudd Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Cone Butte Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Campground Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Mc Kay Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
North Fork Smith Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Walker Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Target Hill Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Lone Tree Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Sweet Medicine Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Swamp Creek Fire 0 — Awaiting clear imagery
Jackelope Fire 0 — Awaiting clear imagery
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 160 147,729
Offered to assessment 161 146,767
Complex roll-up residue — 962
Fires with severity acres 140 146,407
Awaiting a perimeter 7 360
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 2 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 12 0
Every cell outside Montana 0 0
Assessed acres in Montana 140 144,711
Assessed acres outside Montana — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 144,711
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-10-19 16:46 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 2026-10-19 16:46 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for MT. 30 m cells.