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Sinclair

Pondera, MT

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

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Acres Burned

1

Days Burning

Oct 14, 2026

Discovered

2h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

8 public land units within 75 miles

Great Bear Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MT

30.9 mi

W

Bob Marshall Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MT

44.4 mi

S

Flathead National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MT

46.6 mi

SW

Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area

Check first

NCA / MT

47.3 mi

S

Glacier National ParkClosures in effect

Closed

National Park / MT

52.1 mi

NW

Swan River National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MT

54.1 mi

SW

Scapegoat Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

71.3 mi

S

Mission Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

74.6 mi

SW

Official Park Alerts

Closures and dangers published by the National Park Service

Park Closure / Glacier National Park

Going-to-the-Sun Road Partial Closure

Going-to-the-Sun Road is now open on the east side from St. Mary to Logan Pass. It remains closed between Avalanche and Logan Pass.

Official notice

Timeline

Oct 14Now

1 day 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: 7cffcb3a-63c4-4716-bbbf-4b5df8703725

Important

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