Sanders County, Montana · Wildfire
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The Rice Fire is a wildfire near Sanders County, Montana. It has burned about 6 acres (about 5 football fields). It was first reported 2 days ago. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 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
83°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 10 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Tonight
56°F · Patchy Smoke then Mostly Clear
Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday
81°F · Sunny then Patchy Smoke
Wind 3 to 8 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain
Sunday Night
57°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 2 to 6 mph S · 0% chance of rain
Monday
86°F · Areas Of Smoke then Mostly Sunny
Wind 3 mph ENE · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:36 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.
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