Skull Fire

Perimeter mapped September 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM MDT, 68 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 45.578, -113.218.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Dillon

Size

67 acres

Containment

0%

Discovered

August 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

10 Miles E from Wisdom, MT

County

Beaverhead County

State

Montana

Nearest city reported

Wisdom

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Incident management

Type 3 IC, Type 4 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-MTBDF-266401

IRWIN identifier

23D9D379-FEB5-4D6C-B511-485C7D1C3089

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 28, 2026 (43 acres) to September 14, 2026 (68 acres). The largest one-day growth was 9 acres, mapped August 31, 2026.

• Wind up to 6 mph from the southwest
• Relative humidity as low as 37%
• High of 59°F

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

Full forecast for Dillon, 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 0.3 µg/m³ around Tue, 8:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Dillon, MT38 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Anaconda, MT40 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Salmon, ID43 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Butte, MT44 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Warm Springs, MT47 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
• Whitehall, MT58 miles east of the fire’s origin