2026 Wildfire

[Southern Elk]

Looks like 5 or 6 straight days of rain coming for SW Montana. I’m sure we will be getting smoke from other places soon though.

 

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[Nameless Range]

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I am related by way of marriage to someone who lives in a couple million dollar home on a mountainside surrounded by trees 10ft off the side of the house. Beautiful views. He built a pond and has a generator, and is under the impression that in the event of a wildfire, he will defend his home. I think for many fires, it's doable but dangerous. I've mentioned to him that Firefighters have burned up alongside tenders with a couple thousand gallons of water in them. For a fire like that, water would be futile. He should watch that clip.

Did the cabin survive?

I've been referencing this pretty cool web app by the western fire chief's association: https://wfca.com/fire-map Most fire apps all display the same info in different ways anymore, but this one is clean and gives a good overview of the west.

 

[Irrelevant]

no idea about the cabin. There was a pretty significant defensible space around it.

Great map share, I was still using the MT DNRC map that you shared a few years ago because it was the best I'd seen, but I like this one even more.