Corral Creek Fire
The Corral Creek Fire was reported on August 20, 2025 in Missoula County, Montana and burned 356 acres. It was declared out on December 3, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 356 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2025
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped January 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM MST, 356 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.965, -114.339.
The incident
- Size
- 356 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 6 Miles SW from Frenchtown, MT
- County
- Missoula County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- Huson
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MTLNF-250585
- IRWIN identifier
- 2470C158-10CC-40BF-8C9A-2619AB9B6E66
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 21, 2025 (221 acres) to January 7, 2026 (356 acres). The largest one-day growth was 136 acres, mapped August 23, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2025 | 221 | |
| August 22, 2025 | 272 | +51 |
| August 23, 2025 | 409 | +137 |
| August 24, 2025 | 406 | -3 |
| August 25, 2025 | 368 | -38 |
| August 26, 2025 | 364 | -4 |
| January 7, 2026 | 356 | -8 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Frenchtown, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Frenchtown, MT6 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Orchard Homes, MT15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Missoula, MT18 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Lolo, MT19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- East Missoula, MT20 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Bonner-West Riverside, MT22 miles east 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 January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM MST. Identifier 2025-MTLNF-250585.