Birney Road Fire
The Birney Road Fire was reported on September 13, 2026 in Rosebud County, Montana and has burned 48 acres. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 48 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 13, 2026
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
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 45.521, -106.335.
The incident
- Size
- 48 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Rosebud County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- Tribal
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MTNCA-000814
- IRWIN identifier
- 0D34F4B5-58CD-4D86-AC2A-26EDE61DA62A
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 6 mph from the north-northwest
- Relative humidity as low as 85%
- High of 62°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 µg/m³ around Sun, 7:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 2:48 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-MTNCA-000814.