Sand Creek Fire
Active
Beaverhead County, Montana · Discovered August 1, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 6 days ago
Sand Creek Fire
The Sand Creek Fire fire has burned 35,520 acres in Beaverhead 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 9 mph toward the E, with gusts to 16 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 40). 1 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Sand Creek Fire size over time
31 official size readingsGrew from 16K to 36K acres across these reports.
Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Containment rose to 100%
12 days ago · October 29, 2026Fire reported 100% contained
12 days ago · October 29, 2026Containment rose to 90%
15 days ago · October 26, 2026Containment rose to 83%
47 days ago · September 24, 2026Containment rose to 76%
49 days ago · September 22, 2026Containment rose to 71%
51 days ago · September 20, 2026Containment rose to 58%
59 days ago · September 12, 2026Containment rose to 53%
60 days ago · September 11, 2026New perimeter mapped at 35,510 acres (national perimeter feed)
60 days ago · September 11, 2026Containment rose to 48%
61 days ago · September 10, 2026Containment rose to 36%
66 days ago · September 5, 2026Containment rose to 25%
67 days ago · September 4, 2026Grew 700 acres in 48 hours to 35,433 acres
68 days ago · September 3, 2026Containment rose to 20%
69 days ago · September 2, 2026Grew 650 acres in 3 days to 34,733 acres
70 days ago · September 1, 2026Grew 165 acres in 24 hours to 34,083 acres
73 days ago · August 29, 2026Grew 103 acres in 24 hours to 33,918 acres
74 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 125 acres in 24 hours to 33,815 acres
75 days ago · August 27, 2026Grew 602 acres in 2 days to 33,690 acres
76 days ago · August 26, 2026Grew 782 acres in 46 hours to 33,088 acres
78 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment rose to 14%
79 days ago · August 23, 2026Grew 549 acres in 2 days to 32,306 acres
80 days ago · August 22, 2026Grew 105 acres in 5 days to 31,757 acres
82 days ago · August 20, 2026Containment rose to 7%
83 days ago · August 19, 2026Grew 3,916 acres in 46 hours to 31,652 acres
87 days ago · August 15, 2026Grew 160 acres in 25 hours to 27,736 acres
89 days ago · August 14, 2026Grew 7,893 acres in 24 hours to 27,576 acres
90 days ago · August 12, 2026Grew 3,899 acres in 10 hours to 19,683 acres
91 days ago · August 11, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 15,784 acres
91 days ago · August 11, 2026Official incident page published on InciWeb: Sand Creek
101 days ago · August 2, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 10/29/2026, 4:12:18 PM | 35,520 acres | 100% |
| 10/26/2026, 4:22:12 PM | 35,520 acres | 90% |
| 9/24/2026, 11:09:05 PM | 35,520 acres | 83% |
| 9/23/2026, 11:09:25 PM | 35,520 acres | 80% |
| 9/22/2026, 11:08:49 PM | 35,520 acres | 76% |
| 9/20/2026, 11:11:31 PM | 35,520 acres | 71% |
| 9/14/2026, 11:11:08 PM | 35,520 acres | 58% |
| 9/12/2026, 11:11:50 PM | 35,510 acres | 58% |
| 9/11/2026, 11:07:26 PM | 35,510 acres | 53% |
| 9/10/2026, 11:02:17 PM | 35,509 acres | 48% |
| 9/7/2026, 1:20:48 AM | 35,509 acres | 36% |
| 9/5/2026, 11:17:45 PM | 35,490 acres | 36% |
| 9/4/2026, 11:09:00 PM | 35,490 acres | 25% |
| 9/3/2026, 11:09:27 PM | 35,433 acres | 21% |
| 9/2/2026, 11:09:55 PM | 34,733 acres | 20% |
| 9/1/2026, 11:15:26 PM | 34,733 acres | 15% |
| 8/29/2026, 11:19:30 PM | 34,083 acres | 13% |
| 8/28/2026, 11:11:11 PM | 33,918 acres | 13% |
| 8/27/2026, 11:24:07 PM | 33,815 acres | 11% |
| 8/26/2026, 11:15:28 PM | 33,690 acres | 11% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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