Camp Creek Fire
Active
Powell County, Montana · Discovered August 21, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 19 days ago
Camp Creek Fire
The Camp Creek Fire fire has burned 9,725 acres in Powell County, Montana. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 4 mph toward the SE, with gusts to 10 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 38). 1 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 24, 2026The Camp Creek Fire was spotted by Jumbo Lookout around noon on Friday, August 21. The fire is located in the Danaher Creek drainage, about 3 miles northeast of Jumbo Mountain, and is burning in heavy timber in the valley bottom. The fire area is closed for public and firefighter safety.Smokejumpers and local firefighters were inserted for initial attack, joined by ground crews. Fire behavior was active with short-range spotting and a short crown run, increasing the fire to over 70 acres within the first 24 hours and 6,500 acres within 48 hours, making fire suppression efforts challenging.
Read the full update on InciWebPosted by the incident management team on InciWeb (inciweb.wildfire.gov).
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Fire reported 100% contained
19 days ago · September 17, 2026Containment rose to 99%
20 days ago · September 16, 2026New perimeter mapped at 9,658 acres (national perimeter feed)
28 days ago · September 8, 2026Grew 113 acres in 4 days to 9,725 acres
32 days ago · September 4, 2026Grew 112 acres in 31 hours to 9,612 acres
36 days ago · August 31, 2026Grew 1,000 acres in 39 hours to 9,500 acres
37 days ago · August 30, 2026Grew 500 acres in 23 hours to 8,500 acres
39 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 760 acres in 23 hours to 8,000 acres
40 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 818 acres in 2 days to 7,240 acres
41 days ago · August 27, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 100%)
42 days ago · August 25, 2026Grew 6,345 acres in 43 hours to 6,422 acres
43 days ago · August 24, 2026Official incident page published on InciWeb: Camp Creek Fire
43 days ago · August 24, 2026Grew 27 acres in 27 hours to 77 acres
45 days ago · August 23, 2026Grew 49 acres in 3 hours to 50 acres
46 days ago · August 22, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 1 acres
46 days ago · August 21, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/17/2026, 4:45:43 PM | 9,725 acres | 100% |
| 9/16/2026, 11:01:41 PM | 9,725 acres | 99% |
| 9/4/2026, 11:13:59 PM | 9,725 acres | 0% |
| 9/1/2026, 11:25:28 PM | 9,637 acres | 0% |
| 8/31/2026, 9:57:48 PM | 9,612 acres | 0% |
| 8/30/2026, 2:29:39 PM | 9,500 acres | 0% |
| 8/28/2026, 11:11:11 PM | 8,500 acres | 0% |
| 8/28/2026, 12:04:37 AM | 8,000 acres | 0% |
| 8/27/2026, 1:12:47 AM | 7,240 acres | 0% |
| 8/25/2026, 3:16:41 PM | 6,422 acres | 0% |
| 8/25/2026, 1:52:00 PM | 6,436 acres | 0% |
| 8/24/2026, 11:19:27 PM | 6,422 acres | - |
| 8/23/2026, 4:43:51 AM | 77 acres | - |
| 8/22/2026, 2:02:01 AM | 50 acres | - |
| 8/22/2026, 1:33:48 AM | 15 acres | - |
| 8/21/2026, 11:31:43 PM | 1.0 acres | - |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
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