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Windmill

Stillwater, MT · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 4,253 acres in Stillwater before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

4,253

Acres Burned

83

Days Burning

Aug 19, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 20 / 1,000 acresSep 24 / 4,253 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

7 public land units within 75 miles

Hailstone National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

21.1 mi

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Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

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Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mt

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Wildlife Refuge / MT

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Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

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Wilderness / MT

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Lake Mason National Wildlife Refuge

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National Forest / MT

68.2 mi

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Monument / MT

72.2 mi

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Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Windmill update: 4,253 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Windmill containment moved from 72% to 100%.

IRWIN

Windmill update: 4,253 acres, 72% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Windmill containment moved from 57% to 72%.

IRWIN

Windmill Fire Morning Update August 23, 2026 08-23-2026

Incident team
Aug 23

Windmill Fire Fire Information: 2026.windmill@firenet.gov | 406-420-3017 https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/mtmts-windmill-fire August 23, 2026 DNRC County Assist Team, Incident Commander David Hamilton Location: 8 miles north of Reed Point, MT Start Date: 8/19/2025 Cause: Lightning Size: 4,253 acres Containment: 57 % Resources: 159 Personnel, 3 Hand Crews, 16 Engines, 2 Dozers, 5 W...

InciWeb

Windmill update: 4,253 acres, 57% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Windmill grew 59 acres to 4,253 and containment moved from 10% to 57%.

IRWIN

Windmill Fire Daily Update 8-22-2026 08-22-2026

Incident team
Aug 22

Windmill Fire Fire Information: 2026.windmill@firenet.gov | 406-420-3017 https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/mtmts-windmill-fire August 22, 2026 DNRC County Assist Team, Incident Commander David Hamilton Location: 8 miles north of Reed Point, MT Start Date: 8/19/2025 Cause: Undetermined Size: 4,194 acres Containment: 10% Resources: 155 Personnel, 3 Hand Crews, 12 Engines, 2 Dozers, 5...

InciWeb

Windmill update: 4,194 acres, 10% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 22

Per interagency perimeter data, the Windmill grew 894 acres to 4,194 and containment moved from 1% to 10%.

IRWIN

Windmill Fire Daily Update 08-21-2026

Incident team
Aug 21

Windmill Fire Fire Information: 2026.windmill@firenet.gov | 406-420-3017 https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/mtmts-windmill-fire August 21, 2026 DNRC County Assist Team, Incident Commander David Hamilton Location: 8 miles north of Reed Point, MT, Stillwater County Start Date: 8/19/2025 Cause: Undetermined Size: 3,982 acres Containment: 0% Resources: 100 Personnel, 15 Engines, 3 Dozer...

InciWeb

Windmill update: 3,300 acres, 1% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Per interagency perimeter data, the Windmill grew 300 acres to 3,300.

IRWIN

Windmill update: 3,000 acres, 1% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Per interagency perimeter data, the Windmill containment moved from 0% to 1%.

IRWIN

Windmill update: 3,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Per interagency perimeter data, the Windmill grew 2,000 acres to 3,000.

IRWIN

Windmill mapped at 1,000 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 20

Interagency perimeter data shows the Windmill at 1,000 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 19Now

83 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: f435aecd-16ac-4317-b053-0507f0d8ac84

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