Cloudrest Fire
The Cloudrest Fire was reported on August 14, 2025 in Madison County, Montana and burned 3,224 acres. It was declared out on December 10, 2025.
- Size
- 3,224 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2025
- Personnel
- 6
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped February 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM MST, 3,178 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.558, -112.037.
The incident
- Size
- 3,224 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM MDT
- Controlled
- December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 15 Miles NW from Virginia City, MT
- County
- Madison County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,727,438
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MTBDF-256403
- IRWIN identifier
- B7371534-4A3F-4D61-B272-5E872F5F4FB0
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 15, 2025 (500 acres) to February 24, 2026 (3,178 acres). The largest one-day growth was 848 acres, mapped August 27, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2025 | 500 | |
| August 17, 2025 | 1,160 | +660 |
| August 18, 2025 | 1,183 | +23 |
| August 20, 2025 | 1,190 | +7 |
| August 21, 2025 | 1,700 | +510 |
| August 22, 2025 | 1,733 | +33 |
| August 23, 2025 | 2,066 | +333 |
| August 24, 2025 | 2,066 | 0 |
| August 25, 2025 | 2,565 | +499 |
| August 26, 2025 | 2,628 | +63 |
| August 27, 2025 | 3,476 | +848 |
| August 29, 2025 | 3,133 | -343 |
| August 30, 2025 | 3,135 | +2 |
| September 1, 2025 | 3,137 | +2 |
| September 2, 2025 | 3,143 | +6 |
| September 4, 2025 | 3,124 | -19 |
| September 13, 2025 | 3,174 | +50 |
| February 24, 2026 | 3,178 | +4 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sheridan, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sheridan, MT10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Whitehall, MT22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Three Forks, MT33 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Dillon, MT37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Big Sky, MT38 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Butte, MT39 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
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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 February 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM MST. Identifier 2025-MTBDF-256403.