Coal Seam Fire

Active

Big Horn County, Montana · Discovered August 23, 2026

30 acres
Size
-
Contained
No growth
24h growth
-
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 6 days ago · Perimeter mapped 6 days ago (NIFC WFIGS)

Current situation

Coal Seam Fire

Active fire
Air quality · Good
AQI 28

The Coal Seam Fire fire has burned 30 acres in Big Horn County, Montana. Officials have not reported a containment figure yet. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 28).

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 30 acres

    45 days ago · August 24, 2026
  2. New perimeter mapped at 30 acres (national perimeter feed)

    45 days ago · August 23, 2026

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About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.