TIDC 2012 Wildland Fires | Teton Interagency Fire

Incident Name	Description
Roaring Fork Fire	This 1/10th acre on the Pinedale Ranger District, approximately 3 miles to the north of Green River Lakes campground. The fire is human caused. The fire was contained 10/19, controlled 10/23 and out 10/25.
Big Twin Creek Fire	This human caused fire was discovered late Oct. 9 on the Pinedale Ranger District and is 1/10 acre. The fire was contained, controlled, and declared out 10/11.
Rock Creek Fire	The Rock Creek fire was reported Saturday afternoon September 29, 2012 around 4:30pm. Fire investigators determined the 33 acre fire to be human caused. The incident has been contained, controlled and declared out.
Henderson Fire	The Henderson Fire was reported on the Greys River Ranger District on Friday, September 28 at approximately 1:30pm. The fire was located approximately 1/2 mile east of Virginia Peak in the Henderson Creek drainage on the Greys River. The fire was 1 acre in size. The cause of this fire was due to a hunter warming/campfire. The fire was contained 9/30, controlled 10/1 and declared out 10/2.
Chall Creek Fire	This fire began September 16 on the Big Piney Ranger District 30 miles west of Pinedale, WY and burned 687 acres burning in timber and sage. Cause of the fire is currently under investigation. The fire was contained 9/22, controlled 9/25, and declared out 10/25.
Little Piney Fire	This 1/10 acre fire was discovered and suppressed Saturday Sept. 15 on the Big Piney Ranger District just yards away from the Fontenelle Fire that burned over 64,000 acres earlier in the summer. This human caused fire was the result of an abandoned campfire just below Sacagawea Campground.
Forest Park Fire	The Forest Park Fire was discovered September 12, on the Greys River Ranger District and was determined to be lightning caused. It is located near the confluence of Sheep Creek and Greys River and is 41 acres in size.The fire was contained late evening 9/17, controlled 9/21 and declared out on 9/26.
Garnet Fire	Firefighters declared the 3/10ths-acre Garnet Fire out late on Sept. 13. The fire burned near the Garnet Canyon Trail in an isolated stand of timber, just below the platforms area and 1 mile up from the Garnet Canyon/Amphitheater-Surprise Lake trail junction. A whitebark pine plus tree in the area was not affected by the fire.
Bierer Creek	A lightning storm moved into the Jackson Ranger district on Monday morning bring little rain and with it a new fire start in the Gros Ventre slide area. The 1/10 acre fire was burning in light timber and was suppressed with helicopter water support. The fire was contained and controlled 9/11 and declared out 9/12.
Long Lake Fire	This 1/4 acre fire is located at the west end of Long Lake, approximately 1 1/2 mile East of Upper Fremont Lake Campground in the Bridger Wilderness on the Pinedale Ranger District. Cause of fire is unknown. This fire was contained and controlled 9/10 and out 9/11.
Horsethief Canyon Fire	The Horsethief Canyon Fire started on Saturday, September 8 on private land and is active in the greater Snow King area of the Jackson Ranger district. The fire was called out on 11/12. Thank you to the community of Jackson and the surrounding areas for the kind words and many Thank Yous!
Slide Fire	This fire is 1/10 acre in timber and litter. Located 2 miles Southeast of Cottonwood Lake on the Greys River Ranger District. Cause of fire is undetermined at this time. Reported and located 9/5. Declared out 9/6.
Rock Fire	This 10 acre fire is located on the Greys River Ranger District, approximately 1/4 mi. west of Swift Creek Lake, between the Swift Creek and Dry Creek drainages. The Rock Fire was reported late evening on Sept 3th. Contained at noon on 9/9. Controlled and declared out on 9/11.
Pole Creek Fire	This lightning caused fire was discovered Monday, September 3 on the Pinedale Ranger District. It's located on the south side of Pole Creek Lake in the Bridger Wilderness. The fire was contained at 7pm 9/4 and called out 9/5.
Wagner Fire	September 3, helicopter-25 found and responded to this 1/10 acre fire on the Greys River Ranger District. Two Helitack personnel took suppression action that day and by late afternoon on Sept. 4th declared the fire out. Lightning was the cause of this fire due to a storm that went through the area on August 31 and Sept. 1.
Lost Creek Fire	The fire was reported by aircraft late afternoon on August 28th and is 5 acres in size. This lightning caused fire is located at the head of Lost Creek on the Greys River Ranger District in heavy timber. A 21 person crew suppressed the fire with the aid of helicopter operations. The fire was declared out 9/1.
Dog Creek Fire	This fire is located at the head of the Dog Creek drainage, south of Coburn Creek on the Jackson Ranger District. The fire was burning in heavy timber on steep slopes. The 2 acre fire was contained at 4pm on Sunday. The fire was declared out on 8/29.
North Buffalo Fire	The fire was detected on August 24th on the Buffalo Ranger District of the Bridger Teton Forest. This fire was declared out on October 24.
Spring Gulch Fire	Teton County volunteer firefighters raced to suppress the 2 acre fire started from a bird flying into electrical lines, locate at the base of Saddle Butte, along the Spring Gulch road. Positioned on a steep, west facing slope in short grass and sage, the fire was suppressed with the aid of the Teton Interagency Helicopter and declared out by 1442 the same day. Multiple agency fire staff train each spring and coordinate year round for such a fire event to ensure for a safe, efficient, and effective incident response.
Kendall Fire	This 10th acre lightning fire was discovered on the Pinedale Ranger District the afternoon of 8/11. The fire was contained that evening and controlled and declared out 8/12.
Bailey Fire	This fire is believed to be a smoke report or “hold over” from last week’s storm which pushed through the Buffalo Ranger District and Grand Teton National Park area. Due to very low fire behavior, smoke production and other fire activity in the area at the time, crews were unable to locate the fire during the first detection of smoke. The fire is reported to be ½ acre in size with only ¼ acre active or holding heat. The fire was called out on 8/6.
Nylander Fire	Located near Nylander Creek on the Big Piney Ranger District, the ½ acre fire was determined to be a lightning caused fire. The fire was contained 8/5, controlled 8/6, and out 8/9.
Cache Creek Fire	Two local mountain bike riders detected the 1/2 acre fire established on the ridgeline between Game and Cache Creek drainages on the Jackson Ranger District. The fire is determined to be from the lightning storms that move over the area on the morning of July 31st.
Buffalo Fire	Teton Interagency firefighters from Engine 4 and the Fire Effects crew are suppressing the Buffalo Fire, which was reported about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1. The less than tenth-acre lightning fire was reported by visitors, who saw smoke about one-half mile east of Oxbow Bend, and one-third mile south of Hwy. 89/191/287. The fire burned in a pine stump and knee-to-chest high grass with open meadow to the west and lodgepole pine to the east. Firefighters had the fire controlled at 12:40 p.m., and out at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday.
Valley Trail Fire	Teton Interagency firefighters from Jackson responded July 31 shortly after noon to a small fire 30-feet east of the Valley Trail, 1/4 mile north of the White Grass Ranger Station. The fire is believed to be caused by lightning. It burned less than a 1/10th of an acre in log duff. Visitors hiking the Valley Trail reported the fire by cell phone, and then attempted to suppress it while waiting on fire crews to arrive. The fire was declared out at 3:30 p.m.
Emma Matilda Fire	Teton Interagency Fire crews are suppressing a new fire reported about 1 p.m. Monday, July 30 on the southwest side of Emma Matilda Lake in Grand Teton National Park. The just over 1-acre fire is burning in grass, sage and light timber with occasional trees torching. A Teton Interagency helicopter cooled the fire with bucket drops, and ground crews stopped the fire's forward progression by 3:30 p.m., and fully contained it by 7:30 p.m. Monday. Rangers lifted the temporary closures at the Christian Pond and Oxbow Bend Overlook trailheads Tuesday morning. The fire was controlled at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Ham's Fork Fire	The Ham's Fork Fire was reported late Saturday afternoon on July 28 as a 1/4-acre in the Ham's Fork area of the Kemmerer Ranger District. The fire was burning in heavy timber and grew to 1 1/2 acres. The fire was declared out as of Monday late afternoon, Aug. 6.
Blacktail Fire	Teton Interagency Helitack crew members responded Saturday at noon to suppress a 1/10th-acre fire in the northeast side of Blacktail Butte east of Moose in Grand Teton National Park. The fire is burning in a single tree and a small area surrounding it. Firefighters had contained the fire by 2:40 p.m., and declared it out at 7:24 a.m. July 29.
Diamond L Fire	Fire crews suppressed a 1/4-acre lightning fire on the east boundary of Grand Teton National Park, south of Enyon Draw near the border of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Teton Interagency Engine 3 from Moose and firefighters from the Bandelier Fire Module responded Saturday to the fire, which was ignited by lightning on July 27 and reported Saturday afternoon. The fire was contained at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, and declared the fire out at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Brush Fire	A lightning storm over Grand Teton National Park, Buffalo and Jackson Ranger District's Friday evening, have initial attack crews on alert and preparing for a busy day responding to various smoke reports within the fire management areas. The Brush fire is less than 1/10th of an acre, burning in heavy timber and grass understory. The fire is located in Brush Creek on the Jackson Ranger District. A Teton Interagency Fire Engine responded and called the fire out July 27.
Crystal Creek Fire	The Teton Interagency Helicopter delivered two helitack members to suppress this single lightning struck tree on July 27th. This smoke report was located within the Gros Ventre Wilderness in the Crystal Creek drainage and was declared out later that evening.
Ham's Ridge Fire	Teton Interagency firefighters responded Friday morning to a 1/10th acre lightning fire about 3 miles west of the Elk Creek Guard Station on the Kemmerer Ranger District. Sheepherders spotted the fire at 2 a.m. July 27 and attempted to suppress it. Four firefighters from the East and West zones of the Bridger-Teton National Forest responded with a type 6 engine Friday morning and took suppression action. The Ham's Ridge Fire was declared out at 5 p.m. Friday.
Sled Fire	This one acre lightning fire was detected July 26 west of Bondurant on the Big Piney Ranger District. Resources from Teton Interagency and Sublette County responded and were able to contain and control the fire by 9 pm. The fire was declared out 7/28.
Butte Creek Fire	The Butte Creek fire began July 25, 2012 in the Teton Wilderness approximately 40-miles north of Dubois, Wyoming. The fire burned in bug-killed trees and is 1510 acres in size.
Cabin Fire	Interagency fire fighters first responded to this smoke on the evening of July 25. The first call mentioned the torching of a single tree on a steep slope within the Dog Creek area of Hoback Junction. The incident is determined to be a lightning caused fire located in the Cabin Creek drainage of the Jackson Ranger District, just south of Dog Creek. Fire was called out Friday July 27th.
Y Fire	This lightning-caused, 1/10 of an acre fire was reported Sunday, July 22 soon after a lightning storm passed over the Greys River area. Fire fighters hiked into the fire and took suppression action. This fire was declared out on Tuesday, July 24.
Pilgrim Fire II	Teton Interagency Fire engine 4 responded to a smoke report on Sunday in the Pilgrim Creek drainage on the North zone of the forest. With the help of a helicopter from the Caribou Targhee National Forest, firefighters determined the fire to be located within the Buffalo District of the Bridger Teton. Initial size up determined the fire to be a lightning strike, less than a 10th of an acre in size with fire creeping and smoldering in heavy timber. Fire was called out July 23
Shoal Creek Fire	This fire is 1/4 acre and is located approximately 1 mile east of Kozy Campground in the Hoback Canyon on the Big Piney Ranger District. The fire started from lightning that passed over the area July 11 and was discovered during an aerial reconnaissance flight on Sunday, July 15. Eight firefighters from Teton Interagency fire suppressed the fire. The fire was contained July 16 at 6:15 pm and declared out 2:20 pm July 17.
Cygnet Fire	This lightning-caused fire was reported Friday morning 1/4 mile northwest of Cygnet Pond, south of Colter Bay and near Hwy. 89 in Grand Teton National Park. The Bandelier Fire Module suppressed the fire, and declared contained at controlled at 3:15 p.m. The module, which is from Bandelier National Monument, and Glacier National Park engine 91 are in the Tetons to enhance the Park's fire readiness during the current drought conditions.
Tram Fire	This 1/10th-acre fire was located behind the Tram near a trail on the west slope of Cody Peak. The lightning-caused fire, which was reported on the afternoon of July 12, was burning in Grand Teton National Park near the boundary of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Teton Interagency Helitack crew members suppressed the fire and declared it out at 11:16 a.m. July 13. Because fire crews found an illegal campfire ring in the burned area, they requested a fire investigator, who determined the fire to be lightning caused.
Grayback Fire	This lightning caused fire is 1/10 acre and started July 11. It is located on Grayback ridge on the District boundary between Greys River and Jackson Ranger District. Firefighters from Teton Interagency Helitack suppressed the fire. Bucket drops from the Type I Kaman helicopter aided in the efforts. This fire was declared out on July 13.
Sherman Fire	This 1/10 acre fire, was burning on Sherman Peak in the Salt River Range of the Greys River Ranger District, began July 11. Firefighters from Teton Interagency worked the fire with the help of bucket drops. This fire was contained as of 5:45 pm July 12 and declared out July 13.
Box Fire	The Box Fire was ignited by lightning on July 11 and burned on the Greys River Ranger District above the Box Y Ranch. Firefighters and an engine suppressed this single tree fire with the aid of bucket drops. The fire was declared contained at 5:50 pm July 12 and out on July 13.
Bear Cub Fire	The Bear Cub fire perimeter was approximately 6500-acres. It was burning in the Teton Wilderness area of the Buffalo Ranger District on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The Bear Cub fire had been burning since July 3, 2012 near Pendergraft Meadow. This fire was declared out on October 24.
Teepee Creek Fire	This 1/10 acre fire on the Pinedale Ranger District near the Bridger Wilderness was started by lightning July 9. Firefighters suppressed the fire and declared it out on July 11.
Fontenelle Fire	The Fontenelle Fire began on June 24, 2012 and is located approximately 18 miles west of Big Piney, Wyoming, in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, BLM High Desert District and some state and private land. The 64,215 acre fire was contained 10/18, controlled 10/23, and declared out 10/25. The cause of the fire is undetermined and still under investigation.
Pilgrim Creek Fire	Firefighters responded to a lightning start on the evening of July 8 near the base of Pilgrim Peak in Grand Teton National Park. The fire was less than a 1/10th of an acre and was suppressed.
Power Line Fire	Winds from a storm May 26 caused power lines to arc, igniting a grass fire near Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park. Fire crews suppressed the fire at a 1/10th of an acre.
Practice Rocks Fire	Fire crews responded to and suppressed an illegal campfire May 5 near the popular climbing area called Practice Rocks in Grand Teton National Park.
Sheep Fire	This human-caused fire was reported May 1 in the Gros Ventre Wilderness, two miles northeast of the National Elk Refuge east parking lot. Fire crews suppressed the 1/10th acre fire that burned in grass and heavy dead and down fuels on a ridge below Sheep Mountain (also known as Sleeping Indian).
Lower Slide Fire	This human-caused fire was reported April 22 burning near Lower Slide Lake, behind the Taylor Ranch. Fire crews responded April 24 and suppressed the fire, which was burning in slash piles covering a 1/4 acre.