Montana Large Wildfire History
Since 1980, 309 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Montana, 9 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 271,421 ac; together they cover about 5,114,215 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Montana
All mapped large fires
Elk Lake1,523 ac
2020 · perimeter dated November 6, 2020
Ridgetop11,128 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 16, 2019
Mtcmr-Fy19-Rx-Crooked Creek Unit K6,041 ac
2019 · perimeter dated May 31, 2020
Sage5,986 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 5, 2019
North Hill5,009 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 19, 2019
Mcclusky2,934 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Lark1,911 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 5, 2019
Snow Creek1,822 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Bunting1,455 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 12, 2019
Victor1,439 ac
2019 · perimeter dated January 10, 2020
Horsefly1,353 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 5, 2019
Bunting Fire1,197 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 14, 2019
Howe Ridge14,494 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 14, 2018
Goldstone9,254 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Buffalo Pasture6,992 ac
2018 · perimeter dated December 11, 2018
Monument6,620 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Davis6,619 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Goldhill6,605 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Bacon Rind5,237 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Wigwam4,105 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Brownstone4,071 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Boundary2,910 ac
2018 · perimeter dated September 12, 2018
Wawa2,519 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 11, 2018
Juliet2,518 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Garden Creek2,048 ac
2018 · perimeter dated August 9, 2018
Beaver1,993 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Smithcreek1,386 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Wheat - Dawson1,193 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 6, 2019
Paolaridge1,112 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Rose Creek Fire1,096 ac
2018 · perimeter dated February 7, 2019
Lodgepole Complex271,421 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 11, 2017
Lodgepole Complex270,723 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 20, 2017
Rice Ridge160,002 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sartindraw99,714 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Meyers62,023 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Lolo Peak53,801 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Little Hogback34,508 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Alice Creek29,271 ac
2017 · perimeter dated October 1, 2017
Witten28,950 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2018
Alice Creek28,877 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.