Bear Gulch Rx
The Bear Gulch Rx was reported on September 8, 2026 in Lewis and Clark County, Montana and has burned 300 acres.
- Size
- 300 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 8, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 46.576, -112.084.
The incident
- Size
- 300 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Lewis and Clark County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MTHLF-000713
- IRWIN identifier
- 00EAE492-ABA3-4C18-AF3B-42720796CA7B
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 8 mph from the southwest
- Relative humidity as low as 33%
- High of 74°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 Mon, 9:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Helena West Side, MT2 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Helena, MT3 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley West Central, MT6 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Montana City, MT8 miles east of the fire’s origin
- East Helena, MT8 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Southeast, MT8 miles east 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 17, 2026 at 7:13 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-MTHLF-000713.