Skillet Fire

Perimeter mapped August 31, 2026 at 10:46 PM MDT, 3,414 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 48.491, -114.867.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Trego

Size

3,414 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

July 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

15 Miles W from Olney, MT

County

Lincoln County

State

Montana

Nearest city reported

Olney

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

93

Incident management

Type 3 Team, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Litter and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$24,325,286

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-MTFNF-000306

IRWIN identifier

A6E06E12-A58B-4FF0-8920-94504D253CF7

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 31, 2026 (945 acres) to September 5, 2026 (3,414 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,175 acres, mapped August 2, 2026.

• Wind up to 7 mph from the southwest
• Relative humidity as low as 38%
• High of 62°F

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

Full forecast for Trego, 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 2.1 µg/m³ around Thu, 11:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Trego, MT15 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Whitefish, MT25 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Eureka, MT28 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Libby, MT32 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Columbia Falls, MT32 miles east of the fire’s origin
• Kalispell, MT33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin