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Fires Near Kalispell, MT

Live wildfire tracking around Kalispell: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

13
Fires within 100 mi
32 mi
Nearest fire
0
Weather alerts
24
Air quality · Good

All clear

Live risk assessment for Kalispell, MT

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • The nearest fire is 32 miles away.
There are currently 99 active fires within 300 miles of Kalispell, MT, including 13 within 100 miles. None are inside Kalispell city limits. The most significant is the Camp Creek fire, 78 miles away at 9,725 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Kalispell, MT in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Columbia Falls monitor 13 miles away is good (AQI 24).

House pin: Kalispell, MT. Bold outline: Kalispell city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Montana does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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no fires
≤ 25 mi
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no fires
≤ 50 mi
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4,513 acres
≤ 100 mi
13
23K acres
≤ 200 mi
51
175K acres
≤ 300 mi
99
724K acres

This season vs the last decade

3% of an average year
Burned so far in 202627 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)911 acres

So far in 2026, 27 acres have burned within 25 miles of Kalispell, 3% of the 911 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Kalispell, MT

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Kalispell

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

  1. Second Street Fire · Grew 149 acres in 2 hours to 1,149 acres

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Second Street Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (S409, S408, S418)

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  3. Stevens Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene (N410TD)

    18 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  4. Nine Canyon Fire · 4 firefighting aircraft working this fire (S409, S408, S418)

    19 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  5. North Trapper Fire · Official update: MTBRF Piquett Creek Planned Prescribed Burn

    28 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Sisi Fire · Grew 117 acres in 23 hours to 4,275 acres

    36 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  7. Sand Creek Fire · Containment rose to 83%

    36 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  8. Skull Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    36 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  9. Skull Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    37 hours ago · September 24, 2026

  10. Porcupine Fire · Firefighting aircraft on scene

    38 hours ago · September 24, 2026

Historic fires near Kalispell

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Rice Ridge
2017
160,187 acres · 75 mi away
Chippy Creek
2007
99,090 acres · 41 mi away

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