Snow Fire (Montana)
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Fire (SWIR)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 30 Miles E from Miles City, MT
- Complex
- Rattlesnake Complex
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 109
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Behavior
- Active, Spotting, Torching
- Jurisdiction
- DNRC · State land
Burning for five days at an average daily growth of approximately 2,811 acres, the 14,056-acre Snow Fire in Custer County, Montana, is currently 97 percent contained while remaining active 30 miles east of Miles City. State land managed by the DNRC features timber, grass, and understory fuel where fire behavior includes active burning, spotting, and torching. A Type 3 Incident managed by a Type 3 Team involves 109 personnel working to suppress the natural-caused blaze, which has accumulated $3,157,000 in costs.
Nationwide, the broader environmental context shows 3,186,142 hectares burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 42 percent below the two-decade average during a typical fire season that stretches from June to October.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Montana for 5 days. So far it has affected roughly 14,056 acres — about 57 km². At 97% containment, the fire is nearly under control.
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 3,188,211 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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