Flathead County, Montana · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
6 acres
Jul 24, 7:01 PM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Silvertip Fire is a wildfire near Flathead County, Montana. It has burned about 6 acres (about 5 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.
The size and containment above are current as of Friday, July 24th at 7:01 p.m. CDT.
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.
Tonight
56°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 8 to 21 mph SW · 5% chance of rain
Saturday
77°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 7 to 20 mph SSW · 1% chance of rain
Saturday Night
55°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 9 to 20 mph W · 1% chance of rain
Sunday
69°F · Sunny
Wind 9 to 15 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday Night
51°F · Clear
Wind 8 to 16 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, July 24th at 7:07 p.m. CDT.
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.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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