Forest ownership · Montana 2025

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Montana % of burned forest % of Montana's forestland
Public 17,980 80.2% 69.6%
Federal 17,585 78.5% 65.8%
State 395 1.8% 3.8%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 980 4.4% 5.7%
Tribal 980 4.4% 5.7%
Private 2,312 10.3% 24.7%
Family 1,540 6.9% 15.2%
Corporate 676 3.0% 7.1%
TIMO/REIT 43 0.2% 1.9%
Other private 53 0.2% 0.4%
Ownership not modeled 1,143 5.1% —
Burned in from another state or province 22 — —
Burned forest in Montana 22,414 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Montana Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Windy Rock Fire 6,033 5,833 0 0 0 186 15
Cloudrest 2,072 2,028 0 0 0 36 8
Knowles Fire 2,017 1,109 387 0 484 0 37
Wilder Fire 1,812 1,687 0 0 0 0 125
Bivens Creek 1,400 1,392 8 0 0 0 1
Isabella Fire in Isabella and Lost Girl Fires 1,380 1,377 0 0 0 0 3
Summer Springs Fire 1,001 0 0 0 314 407 280
West Fork Piles -South Half Rx Fire 894 889 0 0 0 2 3
Tullock Fire 823 0 0 0 0 590 234
West Fork Fire 743 743 0 0 0 0 0
Pony Creek Fire 488 0 0 0 0 393 95
Foley Ridge Fire 383 383 0 0 0 0 0
Ransome Fire 368 350 0 0 0 18 1
Lost Girl Fire in Isabella and Lost Girl Fires 301 301 0 0 0 0 0
Pot Mountain Fire 301 300 0 0 0 0 2
Miller Creek Fire 292 1 0 0 0 172 119
Mission Butte Fire 269 0 0 0 125 0 145
Corral Creek Fire 234 43 0 0 0 189 1
Spruce Fire in Green Rattle Complex Fire 228 228 0 0 0 0 0
Sandbar 2 Fire 172 171 0 0 0 1 0
Timber Butte Fire 164 154 0 0 0 0 10
High Fire 122 0 0 0 0 120 2
Squeezer Creek Fire 121 121 0 0 0 0 0
Cutaway Fire 81 81 0 0 0 0 0
Spruce Ridge Fire in Green Rattle Complex Fire 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Deer Fire 69 59 0 0 0 0 9
Garnet Fire 69 69 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver Creek Fire 65 0 0 0 0 62 3
South Meadow Fire 57 57 0 0 0 0 0
Sucker Creek Fire 53 0 0 0 0 53 0
Observation Point Fire 48 48 0 0 0 0 0
Gill Gulch Fire 35 35 0 0 0 0 0
Dominic Point Fire 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Brown S Fire 30 0 0 0 0 25 5
Ashenhurst Fire 23 0 0 0 0 8 16
Early Dawn Fire 20 0 0 0 18 0 2
Horn Fire 16 0 0 0 0 15 1
Dry Head Fire 16 6 0 0 0 0 9
Mile Marker 91 Fire 15 0 0 0 14 0 0
Little Spear Fire 14 0 0 0 14 0 0
Sawmill Fire 12 0 0 0 0 9 4
Yarger Butte Fire 11 6 0 0 0 4 1
Green Mountain Fire & Garnet Fire 9 0 0 0 0 8 0
Little Rosebud Creek Fire 9 0 0 0 0 1 8
Tenny Fire 6 0 0 0 0 1 4
Little Seepay Fire 6 0 0 0 6 0 0
Midway Fire 5 0 0 0 5 0 0
McAllister Fire 4 0 0 0 0 4 0
Two Tree Fire 4 0 0 0 0 4 0
Owl Fire 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
West Cook Fire 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cabin Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lick Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Deer Park Fire 1 1 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 22 22 0 0 0 0 1

20 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 100,786 22,414
Land cover Forest cells 100,786 22,414
Equal 100,786

USFS RDS-2020-0044 service 12 for MT. Ownership tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.