Kraft Fire
The Kraft Fire was reported on September 5, 2025 in Powder River County, Montana and burned 1,460 acres. It was declared out on October 21, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,460 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 5, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped October 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM MDT, 1,460 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.199, -106.061.
The incident
- Size
- 1,460 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 29 Miles SE from Ashland, MT
- County
- Powder River County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MTMCD-000854
- IRWIN identifier
- 232D20ED-1713-471C-8047-41D9B2917ED8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ashland, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ashland, MT29 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT41 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sheridan, WY52 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Colstrip, MT55 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Buffalo, WY67 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Gillette, WY68 miles southeast 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 11:18 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-MTMCD-000854.