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Lumber Fire

Sanders County, MT · Undetermined

The Lumber Fire in Sanders County, Montana burned 4 acres and is no longer active. It was found Aug 22, 2026.

This fire is no longer active. It burned 4 acres in Sanders before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

4

Acres Burned

84

Days Burning

Aug 22, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 23 / 7 acresAug 26 / 4 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

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29.8 mi

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Mission Mountains Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

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Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

51.7 mi

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Rattlesnake Wilderness

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Rattlesnake National Recreation Area

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58.1 mi

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60.8 mi

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61.3 mi

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Coeur d'Alene National Forest

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62.2 mi

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Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

63.1 mi

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Flathead National Forest

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National Forest / MT

68.9 mi

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Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Lumber update: 4 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Lumber was remapped 3 acres lower to 4.

IRWIN

Lumber mapped at 7 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Interagency perimeter data shows the Lumber at 7 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 22Now

84 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: 570ddd34-db5b-4e39-8bc4-a4d793c30ded

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