Wildfire — Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains, Montana

2025-08-14 to 2025-08-31 · Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains, Montana

Event narrative

The Cloudrest fire was a lightning start in the western Tobacco Roots (15 miles NW of Virginia City). As of writing this entry the fire had burned 3,174 acres of timber and mixed conifer forest and remained uncontained. No damage to structures were reported.

Wider weather episode

New wildfires starts from mid August will be in this episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1287623. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.