Yellowstone County, Montana · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
60 acres Aug 3, 7:01 PM
|
248 acres
Aug 16, 5:00 AM
+188 acres
was 60 acres · Aug 3, 7:01 PM
|
+188 acres
in 12 days
|
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The East Fork Creek Fire is a wildfire near Yellowstone County, Montana. It has burned about 248 acres (about 188 football fields). It was first reported 13 days ago. We're also tracking 3 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Sunday, August 16th at 5:00 a.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.
Overnight
53°F · Patchy Fog
Wind 3 mph WSW · 14% chance of rain
Sunday
83°F · Patchy Fog then Sunny
Wind 3 to 9 mph W · 14% chance of rain
Sunday Night
55°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 8 mph WSW · 26% chance of rain
Monday
83°F · Partly Sunny
Wind 2 to 7 mph ENE · 8% chance of rain
Monday Night
56°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 3 to 7 mph SSE · 35% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Sunday, August 16th at 5:02 a.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 3 other active fires, closest first:
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