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Big Buffalo

McCone, MT ยท Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 3,599 acres in McCone before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

3,599

Acres Burned

96

Days Burning

Aug 6, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 7 / 1,500 acresAug 11 / 3,599 acres

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Big Buffalo mapped at 3,599 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Big Buffalo at 3,599 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Big Buffalo mapped at 3,597 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Big Buffalo at 3,597 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Big Buffalo mapped at 1,500 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Big Buffalo at 1,500 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 6Now

96 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: de8b185a-67e9-4562-91e0-571a9c7f6618

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