Wildfires in Yellowstone County

Montana

Fire-weather risk today

Very low

tomorrow: Low · rising ↑

Fires in 2026

17 total since 2026

Area burned 2026

8.0 ha

from official WFIGS perimeters

Air quality now

Fair

EAQI 23· PM2.5 6.3 µg/m³ · includes wildfire smoke

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

Haystack · Wildfire 05/09/2026· 214 h › Cashen Coulee · Wildfire 28/08/2026· 3 h › Old Divide · Wildfire 24/08/2026· 569 h › Rock Creek · Wildfire 24/08/2026· 477 h › 460 · Wildfire 19/08/2026· 0 h › Buffalo Spring · Wildfire · Human 07/08/2026· 8.0 ha· 432 h › Captain Clark · Wildfire 05/08/2026· 360 h › East Fork Creek · Wildfire 03/08/2026· 891 h › Hairpin · Wildfire 02/08/2026· 550 h › Black Pine · Wildfire 02/08/2026· 431 h › Oswald Road · Wildfire 29/07/2026· 217 h › Four Dances · Wildfire 22/07/2026· 44 h › TICK · Wildfire 17/07/2026· 199 h › Captain · Wildfire 15/07/2026· 867 h › Clab · Wildfire 10/07/2026· 989 h › Creek · Wildfire 09/07/2026· 389 h › Tee · Wildfire 08/07/2026· 140 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.