No longer in the daily fire updates. The Wickham Fire last appeared in an official report on July 24, at under 1 acre with containment not reported. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Wickham Fire

Carter County, Montana · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Jul 24, 2026 (about 2 hours ago)
First reported today
Metric Now
Size
0 acres
Jul 24, 5:00 PM
Containment —
Crew size —
Money spent —

Wickham Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Wickham Fire summary

The Wickham Fire is a wildfire near Carter County, Montana. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported today.

Size
under 1 acre
Containment
Not yet reported
Discovered
July 24, 2026 (first reported today)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Friday, July 24th at 4:00 p.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

⚠️ Red Flag Warning in effect. The National Weather Service has flagged conditions here — usually wind plus dry air — that can make fires spread fast. This is the official warning that fire danger is high right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

This Afternoon

97°F · Sunny

Wind 16 mph WNW · 3% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry

Tonight

69°F · Mostly Clear then Patchy Smoke

Wind 3 to 14 mph WNW · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Saturday

102°F · Patchy Smoke then Mostly Sunny

Wind 9 mph SSW · 9% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Very hot Dry

Saturday Night

70°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy

Wind 9 mph SSE · 15% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Sunday

99°F · Sunny

Wind 12 to 16 mph NW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, July 24th at 4:06 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

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