59 Spring Creek Fire
The 59 Spring Creek Fire was reported on August 31, 2026 in Powder River County, Montana and has burned 10 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 10 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 31, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 45.220, -105.323.
The incident
- Size
- 10 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 31, 2026 at 1:05 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Powder River County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MTLG09-000758
- IRWIN identifier
- 9DFAB2E6-223C-47E2-8B7D-79CA056524AE
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 15 mph from the east-southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 46%
- High of 76°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.
No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.
Smoke
NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.
NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.2 µg/m³ around Tue, 3:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Broadus, MT16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Gillette, WY65 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sleepy Hollow, WY68 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Moorcroft, WY69 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Antelope Valley-Crestview, WY69 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lame Deer, MT71 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 September 14, 2026 at 10:10 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-MTLG09-000758.