Mission Butte Fire
The Mission Butte Fire was reported on August 12, 2025 in Big Horn County, Montana and burned 6,149 acres. It was declared out on October 2, 2025.
- Size
- 6,149 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2025
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeter mapped August 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM MDT, 4,736 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.459, -107.643.
The incident
- Size
- 6,149 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 3 Miles E from St. Xavier, MT
- County
- Big Horn County
- State
- Montana
- Nearest city reported
- St. Xavier, MT
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MTCRA-250811
- IRWIN identifier
- 2ECCF630-A921-4584-BE81-9F0385FA2C1B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Crow Agency, 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 October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM MDT. Identifier 2025-MTCRA-250811.