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Owl Creek

Mineral, MT · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 5 acres in Mineral before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

5

Acres Burned

108

Days Burning

Jul 25, 2026

Discovered

3mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Jul 25 / 0 acresAug 11 / 5 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

11 public land units within 75 miles

Lolo National Forest

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National Forest / MT

23.6 mi

N

Aerial Fire Depot Other

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National Forest / MT

26.9 mi

E

Clearwater National Forest

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National Forest / ID

31.3 mi

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Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

33 mi

SE

Rattlesnake National Recreation Area

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Recreation Area / MT

38.1 mi

E

Rattlesnake Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

38.7 mi

E

Welcome Creek Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

46.2 mi

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Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

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Wilderness / ID

50.7 mi

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St. Joe National Forest

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National Forest / ID

56.6 mi

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Mission Mountains Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

56.6 mi

NE

Bitterroot National Forest

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National Forest / MT

62.2 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Owl Creek mapped at 5 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Owl Creek at 5 acres.

IRWIN

Owl Creek mapped at 4 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Owl Creek at 4 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 25Now

108 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: 45a1f865-6e77-4d96-9574-f86172eb2003

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