Pine Creek Fire

Prairie County, Montana · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Sep 3, 2026 (1 day ago)

First reported 2 days ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	1,000 acres Sep 3, 10:00 AM	413 acres Sep 5, 3:00 AM −587 acres was 1,000 acres · Sep 3, 10:00 AM	−587 acres in 1 day
Containment	—	—	—
Crew size	—	—	—
Money spent	—	—	—

Pine Creek Fire summary

The Pine Creek Fire is a wildfire near Prairie County, Montana. It has burned about 413 acres (about 313 football fields). It was first reported 2 days ago.

Size: 413 acres
Containment: Not yet reported
Discovered: September 3, 2026 (first reported 2 days ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Thursday, September 3rd at 11:00 a.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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.

Today

87°F · Mostly Sunny

Wind 5 to 8 mph WNW · 8% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Tonight

62°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 5 to 14 mph E · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Friday

99°F · Sunny

Wind 10 to 15 mph SSE · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Hot Dry

Friday Night

60°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 6 to 9 mph SSE · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Saturday

89°F · Sunny

Wind 8 mph WNW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Thursday, September 3rd at 11:04 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

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.

Where to get live updates

We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:

→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to Pine Creek Fire

No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.

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