Espy Fire
The Espy Fire was reported on August 31, 2026 in Carter County, Montana and has burned 40 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 40 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 31, 2026
Map
Perimeter mapped August 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM MDT, 44 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.155, -104.970.
The incident
- Size
- 40 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Carter County
- State
- Montana
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MTLG42-000760
- IRWIN identifier
- F6B1AC57-688A-4C17-BF90-61D28C5C9121
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 12 mph from the east-southeast
- Relative humidity as low as 63%
- High of 63°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, 1:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
Nearby
- Broadus, MT29 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Sundance, WY59 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Moorcroft, WY62 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Belle Fourche, SD64 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Gillette, WY65 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sleepy Hollow, WY68 miles south 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 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-MTLG42-000760.