Wildfires in Carter County

Montana

🔴 1 active fire

Fire-weather risk today

Very low

tomorrow: Very low · rising ↑

Fires in 2026

16 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

28.0 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Good

EAQI 12· PM2.5 0.2 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-45:-105) — not per county. Fire counts, perimeters and areas below are per county, from official records.

Fires by year

First season on record — year-over-year comparisons appear as we accumulate history.

Active fires now

Espy Active· 18.0 ha ›

Fire history

Sheep · Wildfire 16/09/2026· 3 h › Espy · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 18.0 ha › Sagebrush - Carter · Wildfire 19/08/2026· 85 h › Dutchman · Wildfire 17/08/2026· 27 h › Coal Creek · Wildfire 17/08/2026· 4 h › Owl Creek · Wildfire · Natural 16/08/2026· 10.0 ha· 199 h › Alstrom · Wildfire 14/08/2026· 74 h › Birch · Wildfire · Natural 13/08/2026· 111 h › West Pasture · Wildfire · Natural 12/08/2026· 2 h › Red Barn · Wildfire 01/08/2026· 18 h › Greasy · Wildfire 29/07/2026· 15 h › Boxelder · Wildfire 27/07/2026· 24 h › Wickham · Wildfire 24/07/2026· 2 h › Potato Butte · Wildfire 23/07/2026· 238 h › BB - Carter · Wildfire 21/07/2026· 43 h › Indian Creek · Wildfire 17/07/2026· 143 h ›

Incident records from NIFC/WFIGS (public domain). Fire-weather risk is our own estimate (Canadian FWI on Open-Meteo forecasts), not an official warning — for those see your National Weather Service office. In an emergency call 911.