Cora Creek Fire
The Cora Creek Fire was reported on September 2, 2026 in Cascade County, Montana and has burned 280 acres.
- Size
- 280 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 2, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 47.352, -110.871.
The incident
- Size
- 280 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Cascade County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MTLG02-000695
- IRWIN identifier
- D9EE1AA2-AA61-4216-9212-7D15C24B0ADF
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 8 mph from the south-southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 26%
- High of 78°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 1.5 µg/m³ around Wed, 10:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Belt, MT3 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Malmstrom Air Force Base, MT18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Great Falls, MT23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sun Prairie, MT31 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fort Benton, MT34 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Helena Valley Northeast, MT68 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Montana wildfires today Wildfires of 2026 All current fires
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 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-MTLG02-000695.