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Bear Gulch

Ravalli, MT ยท Natural

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

10

Acres Burned

30

Days Burning

Aug 26, 2026

Discovered

1w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 26 / 10 acresSep 17 / 10 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Bitterroot National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MT

13.3 mi

SW

Anaconda Pintler Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / MT

24.8 mi

SE

Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

31 mi

N

Welcome Creek Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

34.1 mi

N

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

42.8 mi

W

Deerlodge National Forest

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National Forest / MT

51.8 mi

E

Aerial Fire Depot Other

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National Forest / MT

55.9 mi

N

Rattlesnake National Recreation Area

Go

Recreation Area / MT

61.1 mi

N

Rattlesnake Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

63.3 mi

N

Clearwater National Forest

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National Forest / ID

66.4 mi

NW

Salmon National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

70.7 mi

S

Nezperce National Forest

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National Forest / ID

74.7 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Bear Gulch mapped at 10 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Bear Gulch at 10 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 26Now

30 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: 63932e6b-7d91-40ce-93b1-a85bc1ce9e10

Important

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