Sand Creek Fire
Active
Beaverhead County, Montana · Discovered August 1, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 18 hours ago · Perimeter mapped 18 hours ago (NIFC WFIGS)
Sand Creek Fire
The Sand Creek Fire fire has burned 35,520 acres in Beaverhead County, Montana. Crews have reached 83% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 7 mph toward the E, with gusts to 13 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 30). 92 personnel are assigned to the incident.
Latest official update
August 1, 2026The Sand Creek Fire was first discovered 7.5 miles southeast of Wisdom in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in rugged remote terrain. The cause of the Sand Creek Fire is lightning. A full suppression strategy is being utilized with direct and indirect tactics strategies to minimize impacts to values at risk and firefighter exposure. Firefighters remain engaged in places where the fire perimeter isn’t yet contained. Suppression repair continues along contingency lines in already-contained areas. To protect firefighter and public safety, closures persist while suppression and suppression…
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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 83%
40 hours ago · September 24, 2026Containment rose to 76%
3 days ago · September 22, 2026Containment rose to 71%
5 days ago · September 20, 2026Containment rose to 58%
13 days ago · September 12, 2026Containment rose to 53%
14 days ago · September 11, 2026New perimeter mapped at 35,510 acres (national perimeter feed)
14 days ago · September 11, 2026Containment rose to 48%
15 days ago · September 10, 2026Containment rose to 36%
20 days ago · September 5, 2026Containment rose to 25%
21 days ago · September 4, 2026Grew 700 acres in 48 hours to 35,433 acres
22 days ago · September 3, 2026Containment rose to 20%
23 days ago · September 2, 2026Grew 650 acres in 3 days to 34,733 acres
24 days ago · September 1, 2026Grew 165 acres in 24 hours to 34,083 acres
27 days ago · August 29, 2026Grew 103 acres in 24 hours to 33,918 acres
28 days ago · August 28, 2026Grew 125 acres in 24 hours to 33,815 acres
29 days ago · August 27, 2026Grew 602 acres in 2 days to 33,690 acres
30 days ago · August 26, 2026Grew 782 acres in 46 hours to 33,088 acres
32 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment rose to 14%
33 days ago · August 23, 2026Grew 549 acres in 2 days to 32,306 acres
34 days ago · August 22, 2026Grew 105 acres in 5 days to 31,757 acres
36 days ago · August 20, 2026Containment rose to 7%
37 days ago · August 19, 2026Grew 3,916 acres in 46 hours to 31,652 acres
41 days ago · August 15, 2026Grew 160 acres in 25 hours to 27,736 acres
43 days ago · August 14, 2026Grew 7,893 acres in 24 hours to 27,576 acres
44 days ago · August 12, 2026Grew 3,899 acres in 10 hours to 19,683 acres
45 days ago · August 11, 2026Fire first reported in official feeds at 15,784 acres
46 days ago · August 11, 2026Official update: MTBDF Bobcat Lakes
55 days ago · August 1, 2026Official update: MTBDF Sand Creek
55 days ago · August 1, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 8/24/2026, 9:13:58 PM | 33,088 acres | 14% |
| 8/23/2026, 9:00:09 PM | 32,306 acres | 14% |
Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.
About this data
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