Wildfires in Powder River County

Montana

Fire-weather risk today

Very high

tomorrow: Very high · steady

Fires in 2026

25 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

373 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Good

EAQI 16· PM2.5 3 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-45:-106) — 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

Buffalo 2 · Wildfire 08/10/2026· 198 h › Three Buffalo · Wildfire · Natural 11/09/2026· 23 h › Beaver Creek · Wildfire · Natural 10/09/2026· 29 h › Buffalo Creek - Powder River · Wildfire 07/09/2026· 240 h › Three Bar Corral · Wildfire 04/09/2026· 22 h › Plum Bloom · Wildfire 01/09/2026· 74.0 ha· 51 h › 59 Spring Creek · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 526 h › Flood Divide · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 17 h › Fence Creek · Wildfire 28/08/2026· 27 h › Spring · Wildfire 28/08/2026· 13 h › Ten · Wildfire 19/08/2026· 74 h › Lyon · Wildfire 04/08/2026· 68 h › Barrel Creek · Wildfire 04/08/2026· 51 h › Griffin · Wildfire 03/08/2026· 299 ha· 56 h › N3 Pump Site - Powder River · Wildfire 01/08/2026· 2 h › Cache · Wildfire 29/07/2026· 24 h › Middle · Wildfire 29/07/2026· 38 h › Coal · Wildfire 28/07/2026· 2 h › Double Y - Powder River · Wildfire 28/07/2026· 72 h › Moore Road · Wildfire 27/07/2026· 21 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.