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Acres by cover type Acres in Montana % of burned % of Montana
Forest 22,414 48.5% 23.5%
Range (shrubland) 13,376 29.0% 23.5%
Grassland 9,428 20.4% 39.1%
Other 952 2.1% 14.0%
Burned in from another state or province 60 — —
Measured acres in Montana 46,170 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Montana Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Windy Rock Fire 6,175 6,175 6,033 132 3 7 0
Mission Butte Fire 6,149 4,609 269 839 3,498 3 0
Knowles Fire 3,816 3,817 2,017 1,550 237 13 0
McAllister Fire 3,560 3,497 4 1,860 1,569 64 0
Wilder Fire 3,450 3,452 1,812 1,246 393 1 0
Cloudrest 3,174 3,176 2,072 549 20 535 0
Horn Fire 2,800 2,657 16 2,359 248 35 0
Summer Springs Fire 2,568 2,562 1,001 209 1,350 2 0
Bivens Creek 2,126 2,129 1,400 667 8 54 0
Timber Butte Fire 2,245 2,068 164 1,704 172 29 0
Tullock Fire 1,469 1,437 823 87 527 0 0
Isabella Fire in Isabella and Lost Girl Fires 1,411 1,411 1,380 29 0 2 0
West Fork Piles -South Half Rx Fire 76 1,150 894 244 4 9 0
West Fork Fire 963 967 743 166 8 50 0
Pony Creek Fire 1,062 908 488 133 279 8 0
Ransome Fire 704 698 368 217 113 0 0
Buddha Ranch Fire 600 604 0 232 372 0 0
Miller Creek Fire 497 497 292 89 116 0 0
Pot Mountain Fire 594 489 301 142 12 34 0
Foley Ridge Fire 571 384 383 0 0 1 0
Corral Creek Fire 356 358 234 122 1 2 0
Mile Marker 91 Fire 308 309 15 266 28 1 0
Lost Girl Fire in Isabella and Lost Girl Fires 309 309 301 6 1 1 0
Silver -Mc Cone Fire 234 234 0 4 154 76 0
Sandbar 2 Fire 243 229 172 45 12 0 0
Spruce Fire in Green Rattle Complex Fire 286 229 228 0 0 1 0
Dry Head Fire 164 166 16 146 4 0 0
Squeezer Creek Fire 165 138 121 13 2 3 0
High Fire 135 135 122 1 12 0 0
Observation Point Fire 105 105 48 53 3 0 0
Beaverball -Rosebud Fire 99 98 0 53 45 0 0
Little Rosebud Creek Fire 120 95 9 77 9 0 0
Early Dawn Fire 85 86 20 47 19 0 0
Cutaway Fire 81 81 81 0 0 0 0
Spruce Ridge Fire in Green Rattle Complex Fire 80 80 80 0 0 0 0
Beaver Creek Fire 82 75 65 3 6 0 0
Deer Fire 75 70 69 1 0 0 0
Garnet Fire 70 69 69 0 0 0 0
South Meadow Fire 140 62 57 4 0 0 0
Brown S Fire 61 60 30 6 23 1 0
Sucker Creek Fire 55 54 53 1 0 0 0
Breaks Coulee Fire 50 52 0 11 40 0 0
Beaver Hill -Wibaux Fire 45 46 0 1 45 0 0
Slaughter House Creek Fire 36 37 0 13 24 0 0
Gill Gulch Fire 34 35 35 0 0 0 0
Ashenhurst Fire 33 34 23 5 6 0 0
Dominic Point Fire 31 30 30 0 0 0 0
Mc Clain Fire 18 23 0 0 23 0 0
Green Mountain Fire & Garnet Fire 70 18 9 9 0 0 0
Little Spear Fire 10 17 14 0 2 0 0
Darlene 2 Fire 233 17 0 0 17 0 0
Sawmill Fire 14 17 12 5 0 0 0
S Two Bear Rd Fire 16 16 0 7 9 0 0
Thelen -Wibaux Fire 14 15 0 0 0 15 0
Yarger Butte Fire 15 14 11 0 2 0 0
Midway Fire 12 12 5 7 0 0 0
Little Seepay Fire 9 9 6 2 1 0 0
Tenny Fire 15 8 6 2 0 0 0
Four Mile Fire 2 8 0 4 4 0 0
Rusty Mizpah Fire 2 6 0 0 4 2 0
Owl Fire 4 5 2 3 0 0 0
Maggie Creek -Custer Fire 4 5 0 3 2 0 0
Two Tree Fire 20 4 4 0 0 0 0
Poor Pump -Dawson Fire 3 3 0 0 0 3 0
South Anderson -Garfield Fire 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
Airport -Custer Fire 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
West Cook Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Blue Jay Fire 1 1 0 0 1 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 0 0 0 1 0
Lazy U -Garfield Fire 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Deer Park Fire 1 1 1 0 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) 22 31 0 7 0
Fires awaiting measurement
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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 measurement 93 71,855
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 76 47,959
Awaiting a perimeter 6 21,756
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 9 1,935
Every cell outside Montana 2 205
Measured acres in Montana 76 46,170
Measured acres outside Montana — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 46,170
Reported minus measured — 1,789
Burned in from another state or province 1 60

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for MT. Land cover tabulated through 2026-09-01. 30 m cells.