Silvertip Fire

Perimeter mapped September 1, 2026 at 8:01 AM MDT, 7,280 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 47.836, -113.274.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Heart Butte

Size

7,280 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 24, 2026 at 3:19 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

30 Miles NE from Condon, MT

County

Flathead County

State

Montana

Nearest city reported

Condon

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

1

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$375,000

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-MTFNF-000280

IRWIN identifier

C4138756-16B2-412F-B32B-4DB4520DE5BC

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 31, 2026 (4,140 acres) to September 1, 2026 (7,280 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,889 acres, mapped August 2, 2026.

• Wind up to 9 mph from the south
• Relative humidity as low as 38%
• High of 61°F

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

Full forecast for Heart Butte, 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 0.2 µg/m³ around Sun, 2:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Heart Butte, MT37 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Bigfork, MT40 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Polson, MT42 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Pablo, MT43 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Ronan, MT44 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Lakeside, MT46 miles west of the fire’s origin