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Inciweb
Stay informed about wildfires and natural disasters by visiting InciWeb. Click the button below for real-time updates, safety information, and resources to help you prepare and respond.
National Smoke Map
Visit Airnow.gov to view a map that shows fine particle pollution from wildfires and other sources.
Fire Information:
Follow the Custer Gallatin National Forest Facebook Page
Press Desk:
Contact the National Press Desk at 202-205-1134 or email the Press Officer.
Active Fire Incident Information:
Fire Detection Maps
Map of large fire incidents and portal to fire-related satellite and fire detection data at the Forest Service's Remote Sensing Applications Center
WildCAD-MTBDC Billings Dispatch Center Dispatch Center
To stay informed about local wildfires and natural disasters, visit the WildCAD website to help you prepare and respond.
WildCAD-MTMCC Miles City Dispatch Center
To stay informed about local wildfires and natural disasters, visit the WildCAD website to help you prepare and respond.
Fire Restrictions For Montana
Information on burn bans and fire restrictions across Montana and the US. Always check with individual land management agencies before you go out, too!
National Interagency Fire Center
NIFC Fire News and Information
Northern Rockies Coordination Center
The interagency center for coordination of resources in the Northern Rockies area.
Geographic Area Coordination Center
The GACC Index is a springboard to all of the Geographic Area web sites.
The National Incident Management Report (pdf)
An overview of fire activity in the nation. The Situational, or SIT Report, is a regularly-updated product of the National Interagency Coordination Center that is a summary of the wildfire situation across the Unites States, including all fires, new fires, and resources committed.
Remember FIREWORKS are Prohibited on ALL National Forest System lands, every day, year-round!
Are there fire restrictions in effect on the Custer Gallatin National Forest? Check the following links, and contact the Forest if you are still unsure.
- Latest Closures/Alerts
- Fire Restrictions in the state of Montana
Montana Fire Restrictions - Interactive Map
It is illegal to build, maintain, attend or use a camp fire that is not completely contained in a permanent metal fire ring at an established campsite or picnic area in the Hyalite drainage.
NOAA: Fire Weather Forecast for South-Central and South-Eastern Montana
National Weather Service Fire Weather Planning Forecast
NOAA: Billings Fire Weather Zones
Map of Fire Weather Zones from the Billings Weather Forecast Office
NOAA: Smoke Plume Detection
Hazard Mapping System and Smoke Map showing fires and smoke drift across North America.
NOAA: National Fire Weather Map
This interactive map and related products shows an overlay of fire weather hazards (such as red flag warnings), a fire weather forecast map, the Storm Prediction Center's Fire Weather Outlook, as well as the latest wildland fire outlook and more.
Northern Region Coordination Center: Predictive Services Outlooks
Fire Potential Outlooks, daily and future, as well as fire behavior outlooks and advisotries.
ERC Graphs
Energy Release Component Graphs showing fire danger based on measurements of moisture content in fuels and comparisons to previous years and average readings. The Custer Gallatin National Forest is represented by multiple Predictive Services Areas: NR11 (Bridgers and Crazy mountains), NR12 (Gallatin, Madison, Absaroka, and Beartooth mountains), NR14 (Pryor mountains and Ashland district), and NR16 (Sioux district)
Fuels and Fire Danger Index and Information from Northern Region Coordinating Center
Billings Interagency Dispatch Center
Interagency dispatch center for south-central and eastern Montana area.
Miles City Interagency Dispatch Center
Interagency dispatch center for eastern Montana area.
National Interagency Fire Center
The logistical support center for wildland firefighting.
Learn about the National Fire Danger Rating System and what the different fire danger ratings mean. Fire Danger Rating System for the Custer-Gallatin National Forest
Drone Use On National Forests
Whether you call it a Drone, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), the following information applies to unmanned motorized equipment and aerial mechanical transport systems--a.k.a. drones--within Custer Gallatin National Forest (and most National Forests across the nation).