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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.

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Fires within 100 mi
65 mi
Nearest fire
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Weather alerts
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Air quality · Moderate

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Live risk assessment for Kalispell, MT

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Fire activity exists in the wider area but poses no immediate threat to this location. Check back daily while fires remain active.

  • Wind at the Bras fire (65 mi away) is blowing 10 mph NE, roughly toward your location.
There are currently 38 active fires within 300 miles of Kalispell, MT, including 2 within 100 miles. None are inside Kalispell city limits. The most significant is the Bras fire, 65 miles away at 1,688 acres, 100% contained. Wind at the Bras fire is blowing 10 mph NE, roughly toward Kalispell, MT. 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 moderate (AQI 56).

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.

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Fires by distance

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no fires
≤ 100 mi
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1,688 acres
≤ 200 mi
19
79K acres
≤ 300 mi
38
341K acres

This season vs the last decade

3% of an average year
Burned so far in 202628 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)911 acres

So far in 2026, 28 acres have burned within 25 miles of Kalispell, 3% of the 911 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

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. Sisi Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    20 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  2. Sisi Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    31 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  3. Sisi Fire · Containment rose to 65%

    2 days ago · November 8, 2026

  4. Sisi Fire · Containment rose to 60%

    3 days ago · November 7, 2026

  5. Silver Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    5 days ago · November 5, 2026

  6. Silver Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    5 days ago · November 5, 2026

  7. Border Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    5 days ago · November 5, 2026

  8. Sisi Fire · Containment rose to 50%

    5 days ago · November 5, 2026

  9. Sisi Fire · Containment rose to 45%

    6 days ago · November 4, 2026

  10. Sisi Fire · Containment rose to 40%

    10 days ago · October 31, 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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