Ravalli County, Montana · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
5 acres
Aug 1, 8:00 PM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Butterfly Fire is a wildfire near Ravalli County, Montana. It has burned about 5 acres (about 4 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, August 1st at 8:00 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
49°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 2 to 17 mph W · 0% chance of rain
Sunday
64°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 2 to 8 mph W · 0% chance of rain
Sunday Night
41°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 1 to 9 mph WNW · 0% chance of rain
Monday
61°F · Sunny
Wind 3 mph W · 0% chance of rain
Monday Night
42°F · Clear
Wind 3 mph NNE · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, August 1st at 8:06 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 8 other active fires, closest first:
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