Wildfires in Sanders County

Montana

Fire-weather risk today

Low

tomorrow: Low · steady

Fires in 2026

31 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

794 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Fair

EAQI 38· PM2.5 13.9 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

Fire-weather and air-quality figures are modelled at state level (cell-47:-116) — 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

Jackelope · Wildfire · Human 19/10/2026· 2 h › Swamp Creek · Wildfire 17/10/2026· 3 h › Bras · Wildfire 17/10/2026· 683 ha· 456 h › Huckleberry · Wildfire 13/10/2026· 23 h › Sunrise · Wildfire 07/10/2026· 77 h › Riverside · Wildfire 03/10/2026· 1 h › Stevens · Wildfire 23/09/2026· 24 h › Marmot Peak · Wildfire 21/09/2026· 38.0 ha· 329 h › Lone Tree · Wildfire 07/09/2026· 185 h › Rock · Wildfire 31/08/2026· 1 h › Hoon · Wildfire 27/08/2026· 6 h › Roe · Wildfire 23/08/2026· 3 h › MICHEL CREEK · Wildfire 23/08/2026· 74 h › Lumber · Wildfire 22/08/2026· 3.0 ha· 95 h › Cherry Peak · Wildfire 18/08/2026· 70.0 ha· 561 h › Paradise Dispersed · Wildfire 17/08/2026· 8 h › Childs · Wildfire 11/08/2026· 2 h › Rail · Wildfire 05/08/2026· 2 h › Big Eddy · Wildfire 01/08/2026· 2 h › Naegeli · Wildfire 01/08/2026· 1 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.