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Ayers Pond

Prairie, MT · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 593 acres in Prairie before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

593

Acres Burned

69

Days Burning

Sep 3, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Sep 3 / 1,000 acresSep 22 / 593 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

2 public land units within 75 miles

Stewart Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / ND

69.6 mi

E

Little Missouri National Grassland

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National Grassland / ND

71.8 mi

NE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Ayers Pond update: 593 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ayers Pond grew 27 acres to 593 and containment moved from 92% to 100%.

IRWIN

Ayers Pond update: 566 acres, 92% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 6

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ayers Pond containment moved from 20% to 92%.

IRWIN

Ayers Pond update: 566 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ayers Pond grew 1 acres to 566.

IRWIN

Ayers Pond update: 565 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ayers Pond was remapped 435 acres lower to 565.

IRWIN

Ayers Pond mapped at 1,000 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 3

Interagency perimeter data shows the Ayers Pond at 1,000 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 3Now

69 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 7ad0d46d-75bf-4275-a959-32cf762eae46

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