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Marmot Peak

Sanders, MT ยท Human

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

0%Critical

59

Acres Burned

4

Days Burning

Sep 21, 2026

Discovered

2d ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 9 acres in the last day
Sep 22 / 10 acresSep 23 / 59 acres

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Threatened Public Lands

9 public land units within 75 miles

Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge

Avoid

Wildlife Refuge / MT

34 mi

NE

Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MT

38 mi

NW

Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Check first

National Forest / ID

45.6 mi

W

St. Joe National Forest

Check first

National Forest / ID

47.3 mi

SW

Lolo National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MT

54 mi

SE

Kootenai National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MT

59 mi

N

Swan River National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MT

64.7 mi

E

Mission Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

66.7 mi

E

Flathead National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MT

70.7 mi

E

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Marmot Peak update: 59 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Marmot Peak grew 9 acres to 59.

IRWIN

Marmot Peak update: 50 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Marmot Peak grew 40 acres to 50.

IRWIN

Marmot Peak mapped at 10 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 22

Interagency perimeter data shows the Marmot Peak at 10 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 21Now

4 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: 26c43851-c26f-4555-b831-1b3f906faf5d

Important

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