Powder River County, Montana · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
40 acres Aug 3, 2:00 PM
|
100 acres
Aug 3, 4:00 PM
+60 acres
was 40 acres · Aug 3, 2:00 PM
|
+60 acres
in about 2 hours
|
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Griffin Fire is a wildfire near Powder River County, Montana. It has burned about 100 acres (about 76 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Monday, August 3rd at 4:00 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.
This Afternoon
75°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 16 to 21 mph NNW · 3% chance of rain
Tonight
44°F · Patchy Smoke then Partly Cloudy
Wind 1 to 14 mph WNW · 0% chance of rain
Tuesday
76°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 1 to 5 mph NW · 0% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
50°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy
Wind 2 to 6 mph E · 15% chance of rain
Wednesday
85°F · Sunny
Wind 5 mph SSW · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, August 3rd at 4:07 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:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 8 other active fires, closest first:
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