Wildfires in Petroleum County
Montana
Fire-weather risk today
Low
tomorrow: High · rising ↑
Fires in 2026
4
4 total since 2026
Area burned 2026
—
from official WFIGS perimeters
Air quality now
Fair
EAQI 25· PM2.5 2.6 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke
Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-47:-109) — 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.
Fire history
138 · Wildfire · Human › 200 · Wildfire › Drag Creek · Wildfire › Wheat · Wildfire ›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.