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Acres by cover type Acres in Montana % of burned % of Montana
Forest 83,531 57.7% 23.5%
Range (shrubland) 25,450 17.6% 23.5%
Grassland 33,732 23.3% 39.1%
Other 1,999 1.4% 14.0%
Measured acres in Montana 144,712 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Montana Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Sand Creek 35,520 35,514 33,587 1,469 364 94 0
Davis Coulee Fire 15,470 15,505 158 4,074 11,249 23 0
Snow Fire in Rattlesnake Complex 14,056 14,054 3,097 4,332 6,490 136 0
Bobcat Lakes 10,896 10,895 9,699 946 77 174 0
Camp Creek Fire 9,725 9,657 9,008 510 54 85 0
Silvertip Fire 7,272 7,279 5,850 803 274 352 0
Slough Grass Fire 5,465 6,468 113 1,908 4,401 46 0
Moose Fire 6,005 6,004 5,780 119 103 2 0
Rehder Creek Fire 4,886 4,566 1,051 2,681 832 2 0
Windmill Fire 4,253 4,250 1,217 2,013 1,017 3 0
Skillet Fire 3,414 3,413 3,258 119 35 1 0
Bradshaw Fire 2,689 2,210 238 783 1,182 6 0
Black Bear Fire 2,126 2,126 1,721 354 32 18 0
Jericho Creek 2,068 2,067 1,841 210 16 0 0
Middle Coulee Fire 1,200 1,517 26 336 1,119 36 0
Nature Grove Fire 1,422 1,425 1,293 121 3 9 0
Elder 1 Fire 1,235 1,234 1,120 111 1 1 0
East Side Fire 1,219 1,217 950 230 13 24 0
Anticline Fire 1,000 1,216 536 184 473 23 0
Deer Creek Fire 1,099 1,098 1,091 6 1 0 0
Teal Fire 980 982 1 2 750 229 0
Roe 2 Fire 978 982 3 965 15 0 0
Harris Fire 924 926 130 350 446 0 0
Big Buffalo Fire 3,598 869 3 30 595 240 0
Griffin Fire 738 737 54 228 454 1 0
716 Complex 1 Fire 623 624 0 449 174 2 0
Panama Fire 598 596 51 499 47 0 0
Ayers Pond Fire in Rattlesnake Complex 593 596 2 47 498 49 0
Pine Creek Fire 413 413 1 5 403 4 0
Deer Hollow Fire 402 405 0 218 174 12 0
Ant Park 400 401 235 154 11 0 0
Hwy 91 Inc 964 Fire 361 360 3 46 309 3 0
Lost Cabin Fire 305 319 100 211 8 0 0
Magpie Fire 292 294 26 83 166 19 0
New Hope Fire 213 262 0 0 208 54 0
East Fork Creek Fire 248 250 7 28 76 139 0
Sawmill Fire 249 250 129 38 83 0 0
Billy Fire 230 229 141 38 49 0 0
Valley Fire 224 224 121 75 29 0 0
Plum Bloom Fire 100 183 0 31 152 0 0
Buffalo Ranch 1 Fire 178 180 0 0 178 2 0
Cherry Peak Fire 173 174 172 2 0 0 0
Tie Creek Fire 167 167 62 14 92 0 0
King Salmon Fire 151 153 4 57 91 0 0
Coal Seam Fire 30 119 7 74 39 0 0
North Fork Fire 118 118 2 19 24 73 0
Wildcat Fire 100 104 38 4 59 3 0
Marmot Peak Fire 59 95 95 0 0 0 0
Mm111 -Carter Fire 94 94 0 66 26 2 0
Woodson Road -Fallon Fire 91 92 0 2 84 5 0
Twin Sisters Fire 92 92 77 6 9 0 0
Trap Fire 90 91 2 52 36 0 0
Valley Fire 90 90 5 0 67 18 0
Baldy Peak Fire 87 86 11 50 21 4 0
Last Chance -Mc Cone Fire 77 77 0 2 71 4 0
Reservoir Fire 73 73 6 47 16 4 0
Butterfly Fire 67 68 68 0 0 0 0
Skull Fire 67 68 68 0 0 0 0
Mc Graw Fire 59 60 1 29 30 0 0
Shadow Ridge Fire 53 57 0 3 53 0 0
Mine Fire 10 51 2 33 12 5 0
Falls Point Fire 46 46 46 0 0 0 0
Mm 8 -Wibaux Fire 27 42 0 0 42 0 0
Cottonwood Fire 42 42 0 6 36 0 0
West Horn Fire 10 42 41 0 1 0 0
Sunday Creek-Custer Fire 39 40 0 22 18 0 0
Espy Fire 39 40 27 2 11 0 0
Sandpaper -Dawson Fire 37 37 0 0 21 16 0
Natural Bridge Fire 34 35 12 1 20 2 0
Elk Creek Fire 34 35 6 6 23 0 0
Rough Brad Fire 35 35 11 8 16 0 0
Eagles Nest Fire 33 28 21 0 5 2 0
Fly Creek 2 Fire 20 28 0 4 23 0 0
Advent Creek Fire 33 28 28 0 0 0 0
Ortiz Fire 3 27 14 5 9 0 0
Ash Fire 25 26 0 0 7 18 0
Blue Ridge -Garfield Fire 26 26 0 6 19 0 0
Chilcott Rd Fire 22 25 0 0 19 6 0
Four Dances Fire 25 25 2 24 0 0 0
Owl Creek Fire 25 25 0 7 18 0 0
Rough Draw Fire 25 25 2 14 10 0 0
Burdick Fire 23 24 1 12 11 0 0
Kelty Fire 25 23 22 0 0 0 0
North Sarpy Fire 20 23 0 17 6 0 0
Buffalo Spring Fire 15 19 0 2 4 13 0
Ah Nei Fire 5 18 2 16 0 0 0
537 -Dawson Fire 16 17 0 1 16 0 0
Duck Creek -Fallon Fire 119 17 0 0 5 13 0
Cracker Ridge Fire 17 17 0 10 7 0 0
Midnight Strike Fire 16 15 0 0 15 0 0
Bia 1 Fire 15 15 0 0 15 0 0
Brake Drum -Mc Cone Fire 13 14 0 0 5 9 0
Powerline 2 Fire 11 12 0 0 11 0 0
Loop Fire 11 12 0 0 12 0 0
House Speaker -Richland Fire 11 11 0 0 11 0 0
Adams Fire 11 11 11 0 0 0 0
Queen Gulch Fire 8 10 10 0 0 0 0
South Fork Fire 5 6 6 0 0 0 0
Allison Creek -Powder River Fire 5 5 0 1 2 2 0
Bootjack Fire 4 4 1 0 2 0 0
Pronghorn Fire 6 4 0 4 1 0 0
Valentine Fire 4 4 1 2 1 0 0
Lumber Fire 3 4 2 1 0 1 0
Wilson Creek -Custer Fire 3 3 1 0 2 0 0
Williams -Custer Fire 2 3 0 1 0 2 0
Horse Shoe Bend Fire 3 3 0 3 0 0 0
Ross Fork Fire 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Epsie Fire 5 2 0 1 0 1 0
Basin Fire 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
Fox Farm -Powder River Fire 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Wrong Turn -Rosebud Fire 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
Chelsea Church Fire 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Tree Line -Dawson Fire 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
Bear Jaw Fire 2 2 0 1 2 0 0
Chelsea Slough Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Keith Lane -Carter Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pine Hills Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Rodeo Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Creek Fire 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Wedding -Garfield Fire 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Hay Field -Mc Cone Fire 14 1 0 0 1 0 0
Gray Fire 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fort Keogh Fire 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Log Creek Fire 1 1 0 1 0 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
Swamp Creek Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jackelope Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting measurement
(19)
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
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 160 147,729
Offered to measurement 161 146,767
Complex roll-up residue — 962
Fires with cells 142 146,407
Awaiting a perimeter 7 360
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 12 0
Every cell outside Montana 0 0
Measured acres in Montana 142 144,712
Measured acres outside Montana — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 144,712
Reported minus measured — 1,695
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for MT. Land cover tabulated through 2026-10-19. 30 m cells.