Sawlog Fire
The Sawlog Fire was reported on May 1, 2025 in Beaverhead County, Montana and burned 2,030 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2025.
- Size
- 2,030 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 68
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 October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM MDT, 2,030 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.828, -113.253.
The incident
- Size
- 2,030 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM MDT
- Contained
- May 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- June 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 15NM North East of Wisdom
- County
- Beaverhead County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 68
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MTBDF-256074
- IRWIN identifier
- F56F4E50-8B8D-499F-B060-7D4A0A6253CB
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 4, 2025 (1,616 acres) to October 21, 2025 (2,030 acres). The largest one-day growth was 218 acres, mapped May 9, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2025 | 1,616 | |
| May 9, 2025 | 1,834 | +218 |
| May 10, 2025 | 2,020 | +186 |
| May 11, 2025 | 2,020 | 0 |
| October 21, 2025 | 2,030 | +10 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Anaconda, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Anaconda, MT26 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Warm Springs, MT33 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Butte, MT37 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Deer Lodge, MT47 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Dillon, MT52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hamilton, MT52 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 October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-MTBDF-256074.