Banana Lake Fire
The Banana Lake Fire was reported on May 31, 2025 in Sanders County, Montana and burned 833 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 833 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2025
- Personnel
- 165
Map
Perimeter mapped December 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM MST, 829 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.515, -114.841.
The incident
- Size
- 833 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM MDT
- Controlled
- December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Four miles north of Plains, MT
- County
- Sanders County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Plains
- Protecting agency
- DNRC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 165
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,030,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MTNWS-250207
- IRWIN identifier
- 9BC81EB1-36FB-42B9-B478-E8763B006214
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 1, 2025 (600 acres) to December 23, 2025 (829 acres). The largest one-day growth was 290 acres, mapped June 2, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2025 | 600 | |
| June 2, 2025 | 890 | +290 |
| June 3, 2025 | 913 | +23 |
| June 4, 2025 | 833 | -80 |
| December 23, 2025 | 829 | -4 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Plains, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM MST. Identifier 2025-MTNWS-250207.