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Wildfire in Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains, Montana
Wildfire October 1, 2025 – October 20, 2025 · Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Cloudrest fire was a lightning start 15 miles NW of Virginia City that began on August 14. The fire burned 3,174 acres of timber and mixed conifer forest before being declared 100% contained October 20th. The area where this fire burned was remote, hence no damages to structures occurred.
The wider storm
This episode is for wildfires that carried into October.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1294363. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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