Jefferson County, Montana · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
20 acres Jul 28, 7:01 PM
|
25 acres
Jul 28, 8:01 PM
+5 acres
was 20 acres · Jul 28, 7:01 PM
|
+5 acres
in about 1 hour
|
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Queen Gulch Fire is a wildfire near Jefferson County, Montana. It has burned about 25 acres (about 19 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, July 28th at 8:01 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 · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 7 to 10 mph NNW · 2% chance of rain
Wednesday
74°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 6 to 9 mph SW · 15% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
56°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 8 mph NW · 16% chance of rain
Thursday
75°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 7 mph WSW · 24% chance of rain
Thursday Night
56°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 7 to 10 mph NNW · 17% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, July 28th at 8:08 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:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 1 other active fire, closest first:
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