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Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Montana

The top 25 of 56 Montana counties on GIS Map, ranked by the largest single wildfire recorded in the county since 1992.

#CountyLargest single fire
1Garfield County
270,723
2Sweet Grass County
207,115
3Rosebud County
171,130
4Missoula County
147,529
5Big Horn County
121,687
6Yellowstone County
102,380
7Powder River County
99,714
8Sanders County
99,090
9Broadwater County
81,220
10Flathead County
69,435
11Granite County
62,034
12Beaverhead County
62,013
13Custer County
62,000
14Teton County
60,038
15Pondera County
53,640
16Lewis and Clark County
52,505
17Musselshell County
40,085
18Mineral County
33,948
19Cascade County
31,603
20Roosevelt County
30,700
21Lincoln County
29,921
22Carbon County
29,885
23Ravalli County
29,062
24Fergus County
27,178
25Park County
26,873

Source: USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Montana”, https://gismap.land/rankings/montana/largest-wildfire-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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