Started on Jul 31, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 15 miles northeast of White Sulphur Springs, MT
- People working on it
- 4 people
- Complexity
- Type 4 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Closed Timber Litter
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.Creeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning across federal lands in Meagher County, Montana, the Ant Park Fire has consumed 400 acres over 26 days of activity, averaging an estimated 15 acres per day since it began on July 31, 2026. Located 15 miles northeast of White Sulphur Springs, the incident is currently 100 percent contained and managed under a Type 4 Incident Command structure by the USFS with a modest crew of four personnel. Fire behavior has quieted significantly to minimal, smoldering, and creeping conditions fueled by closed timber litter, bringing total costs for the operation to $6,364,075.71.
This Montana incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 3,068,903 hectares have burned across the country so far in 2026, tracking 44 percent below the two-decade average for a typical fire season that spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Montana for 30 days. In total it burned about 400 acres — around 1.6 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,243,965 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 41% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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