Wildfire — Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana

2025-09-28 · Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana

Event narrative

The Hays Fire started during the afternoon on 9/28 4 miles north of Hays, MT. The fire quickly burned 747 acers of short grass before coming 100% later in the evening on 9/28. No damages were reported with the wildfire.

Wider weather episode

This serves as a place holder for wildfire starts in late September.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1289301. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.