Elk Creek Fire
The Elk Creek Fire was reported on September 2, 2025 in Powder River County, Montana and burned 313 acres. It was declared out on October 15, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 313 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 31
Map
Perimeter mapped October 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM MDT, 313 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.355, -106.030.
The incident
- Size
- 313 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 Miles SE from Ashland, MT
- County
- Powder River County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 31
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MTMCD-000851
- IRWIN identifier
- F2B55F4A-3A80-4A4F-8709-D7485108BF94
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ashland, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ashland, MT20 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT36 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Colstrip, MT46 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sheridan, WY59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Forsyth, MT70 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crow Agency, MT71 miles west 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 October 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-MTMCD-000851.