Ayers Pond Fire

Perimeter mapped September 5, 2026 at 7:42 AM MDT, 593 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 46.651, -104.830.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Terry

Size

593 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

September 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

25 Miles SE from Terry, MT

County

Prairie County

State

Montana

Protecting agency

BLM

Jurisdiction

BLM

Land ownership at origin

BLM

Personnel assigned

9

Incident management

Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$13,000

Part of

Rattlesnake Complex

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-MTMCD-000777

IRWIN identifier

7AD0D46D-75BF-4275-A959-32CF762EAE46

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 3, 2026 (566 acres) to September 8, 2026 (593 acres). The largest one-day growth was 27 acres, mapped September 8, 2026.

• Wind up to 12 mph from the east
• Relative humidity as low as 77%
• High of 61°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Terry, MT

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.

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 0.1 µg/m³ around Sun, 11:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Terry, MT25 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Glendive, MT32 miles north of the fire’s origin
• West Glendive, MT32 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Baker, MT33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Beach, ND43 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Miles City, MT51 miles west of the fire’s origin