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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

Lodgepole Complex · 2017271,421 acLodgepole Complex · 2017270,723 acAsh Creek · 2012249,713 acDerby · 2006207,431 acDerby · 2006207,238 acRice Ridge · 2017160,002 acChalky · 2012132,876 acPine Ridge Complex · 2006114,655 acDunn Mountain · 2008102,325 acSartindraw · 201799,714 ac

All mapped large fires

Liberty28,687 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sunrise26,259 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sheep Gap24,794 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Caribou24,764 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Scalp22,142 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
East Fork22,004 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 18, 2018
Westfork20,083 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 24, 2017
Strawberry18,019 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Park17,982 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sprague16,983 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 29, 2017
Deep Creek15,884 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Moosepeak13,909 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 24, 2017
Gibralterridge12,940 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Crucifixion11,010 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Reef10,660 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 6, 2017
July Fire10,542 ac
2017 · perimeter dated May 23, 2018
Goat Creek8,289 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Crying7,818 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 22, 2017
Crying Fire7,818 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 31, 2017
Lower Black Coulee Fire6,500 ac
2017 · perimeter dated May 23, 2018
Microwave6,040 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 29, 2017
Cubcreek5,839 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 17, 2017
Blacktail5,355 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Eaglecreek4,547 ac
2017 · perimeter dated February 13, 2018
Adair Peak4,074 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 29, 2017
Leecreek4,007 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Weasel3,856 ac
2017 · perimeter dated September 24, 2017
Monahan3,609 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Wolverine3,090 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 28, 2017
Conrow(Grouse)2,729 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Painted Hill2,496 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2018
Triple Crossing Fire1,763 ac
2017 · perimeter dated May 23, 2018
Four Buttes1,562 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 29, 2017
Turtle1,494 ac
2017 · perimeter dated January 2, 2018
Aberdeen 21,271 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 29, 2017
Russell/ Curry Fires1,219 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 19, 2017
Sage Hills1,197 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 29, 2017
Dud1,137 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Sky View Ridge Fire1,131 ac
2017 · perimeter dated May 23, 2018
Vancemountain1,048 ac
2017 · perimeter dated February 13, 2018

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.