Keep tabs on Montana’s 2024 fire season with MTFP stories and maps showing up-to-date information on air quality and active wildfires.
LATEST FIRE COVERAGE
Prolonged fire season complicates prescribed burns
Current air quality
AIR QUALITY SO FAR THIS SUMMER
ACTIVE FIRES OF 100 ACRES OR LARGER
HOW MUCH HAS BURNED SO FAR
MORE FIRE COVERAGE
The history hidden in the new lives of fire lookouts
Northwest Peak Lookout was once one of more than 650 lookouts built by state and federal agencies in Montana over the course of the 20th century. In 2024, roughly one in four of Montana’s lookouts remained standing.
How fire remakes Montana’s landscapes
Within their brief lifespans, wildfires bring dramatic changes to Montana’s forests and grasslands. But many of the most lasting effects on the landscape appear in the weeks, months and years after the flames are snuffed out.
The Montana Fire Report: Sept. 6 – 13
Widespread rainfall across Montana Wednesday and Thursday could mean an early end for the 2024 fire season. The precipitation stymied western Montana’s major ongoing blazes, though southeastern Montana’s Short Draw Fire continues to burn across dry plains.
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