Montana Wildfires & Fire Map

The U.S. government is tracking 43 wildfires in Montana today. Together they cover about 89K acres (roughly 67,000 football fields), spread across the state. Only 11 are large (1,000+ acres); the rest are small or brand-new. "Tracked" means officials are watching them, not that they're out of control. Here's where they stand:

4
fully contained
(lined all the way around)
12
partly contained
(crews still on the edge)
27
too new to rate
(mostly small & new)

Updated Friday, September 4th at 6:00 p.m. CDT

A daily overview, not a live emergency map. If you're near a fire, use Watch Duty and your local officials for live updates and evacuations.

Montana fire map

Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Wildfires in Montana right now

“Contained” is how much of a fire's edge crews have boxed in. 100% means they have a line all the way around it. A fire at 0% is usually new or still being sized up, not out of control. Biggest first — tap any fire for the map, weather, and details.

Official data from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), the U.S. government's wildfire tracker. We refresh it daily. Brand-new small fires can take a day or two to show up here.

Wildfires in other states

California

84 fires · 83 not contained · 66K acres

Oregon

80 fires · 47 not contained · 2.9M acres

Washington

36 fires · 26 not contained · 651K acres

Wisconsin

29 fires · 29 not contained · small fires

New Mexico

29 fires · 22 not contained · 65K acres

Oklahoma

28 fires · 18 not contained · 39K acres

Idaho

26 fires · 25 not contained · 209K acres

Florida

16 fires · 5 not contained · 72K acres

Wyoming

12 fires · 10 not contained · 7,948 acres

Nevada

10 fires · 7 not contained · 164K acres

Colorado

10 fires · 10 not contained · 163K acres

Utah

10 fires · 6 not contained · 198K acres

South Dakota

8 fires · 5 not contained · 3,223 acres

Minnesota

8 fires · 5 not contained · 75K acres

Michigan

7 fires · 7 not contained · small fires

Arizona

7 fires · 7 not contained · 1,181 acres

Texas

7 fires · 7 not contained · 91K acres

North Dakota

5 fires · 4 not contained · small fires

Mississippi

5 fires · all contained · 2,224 acres

Arkansas

4 fires · 4 not contained · small fires

Alaska

4 fires · 4 not contained · 46K acres

Maine

2 fires · 2 not contained · small fires

Georgia

2 fires · 1 not contained · 1,850 acres

North Carolina

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Tennessee

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Massachusetts

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

Hawaii

1 fire · all contained · small fires

Alabama

1 fire · all contained · 1,650 acres

Louisiana

1 fire · 1 not contained · small fires

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