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Thunderbird

Sanders, MT

This fire is no longer active. It burned 0 acres in Sanders before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

0

Acres Burned

102

Days Burning

Jul 31, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Aug 1 / 0 acresSep 14 / 0 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Lolo National Forest

Go

National Forest / MT

35.5 mi

S

Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

38 mi

N

Mission Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

38.2 mi

E

Swan River National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MT

39.6 mi

NE

Flathead National Forest

Go

National Forest / MT

47.3 mi

NE

Rattlesnake Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

54.8 mi

SE

Aerial Fire Depot Other

Go

National Forest / MT

56.3 mi

SE

Rattlesnake National Recreation Area

Go

Recreation Area / MT

56.6 mi

SE

Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

61.9 mi

NW

St. Joe National Forest

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National Forest / ID

63.1 mi

SW

Great Bear Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MT

63.3 mi

NE

Bob Marshall Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

68.4 mi

E

Timeline

Jul 31Now

102 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: edd0cc2a-e95e-4056-a47a-39e011799d5d

Important

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