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Birney Road

Rosebud, MT · Human

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

0%Critical

48

Acres Burned

58

Days Burning

Sep 13, 2026

Discovered

1d ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Sep 13 / 60 acresNov 9 / 48 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

2 public land units within 75 miles

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

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Monument / MT

52.5 mi

W

Custer National Forest

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National Forest / MT

71.3 mi

W

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Birney Road update: 48 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the Birney Road grew 5 acres to 48.

IRWIN

Birney Road update: 43 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the Birney Road was remapped 17 acres lower to 43.

IRWIN

Birney Road mapped at 60 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 13

Interagency perimeter data shows the Birney Road at 60 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 13Now

58 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: 0d34f4b5-58cd-4d86-ac2a-26ede61da62a

Important

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