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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

Bear Trap 215,372 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 21, 2015
Wolf Creek11,887 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Ester Lake10,925 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Millie10,524 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Dugan10,474 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Wells9,465 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 13, 2012
White Draw8,996 ac
2012 · perimeter dated December 19, 2012
White Draw8,996 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 29, 2012
Powerline5,270 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Nineteen Mile3,988 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Little Breed Assist2,365 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 23, 2012
Stag1,310 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Paradise Valley1,173 ac
2012 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Little34,555 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 26, 2015
Maverick11,122 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Mill6,951 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Holeinthewall6,203 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Stewart4,294 ac
2011 · perimeter dated August 24, 2011
Lutz3,606 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 26, 2015
Robinson1,490 ac
2011 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Bull1,164 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Raven27,699 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Davis2,176 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Homestead2,173 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
South Fork 3 Bar1,466 ac
2010 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Meissner14,507 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Lawrencemtn2,315 ac
2009 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Lily Lake1,375 ac
2009 · perimeter dated October 26, 2015
Dunn Mountain102,325 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Cascade10,174 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 26, 2015
Cascade10,174 ac
2008 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Anderson South6,862 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Kathryn4,931 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Deep Draw2,031 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 26, 2015
Coffee1,528 ac
2008 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Timber Wfu1,299 ac
2008 · perimeter dated September 29, 2008
Wyman 235,520 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015
Wickedcreek26,129 ac
2007 · perimeter dated June 2, 2022
Rat Creek25,417 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 26, 2015
Okerman15,586 ac
2007 · perimeter dated October 20, 2015

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.