This means the fire was started by humans, either intentional or accidental; equipment, smoking, campfire, debris burning, railroad, arson, children, fireworks, vehicle.
The Wolf Fire does have a fire ring located within the center of the fire. This seems to be a spot visited year after year. Fire managers are looking for help in regards to any information on the fire. The fire is likely a hold over from someone in the area on Saturday during the cold and wet weather.
Fire managers would also like to extend a thank you to those individuals who reported the fire through dispatch. This early detection helps with a speedy management response.
The Gomm Hollow Fire is a 1/4 acre. Full Suppression action, called out 9/23. Under investigation.
The Birch Creek Fire is determined to be human caused. A fire investigator was called in and indicators showed an abandoned warming fire. Our #1 human caused fires are during hunting season, August-October, due to not completely extinguishing their warming fire.
This photo shows exactly where the warming fire was.
Forest visitors in the Blackrock area detected this abandoned campfire while it was still in the smoldering phase on August 12th. The campfire was not completely extinguished and started to creep and burn into the roots of the adjacent fir trees. With the predicted red flag warnings and forecasted high wind speeds, this fire did have the potential to develop into a larger fire requiring more firefighter support, air resources, tax payers money and even threaten the Lodge located less than 1/4 mile away and to the east. This was the 171st campfire found on the forest this season.
Members of the public reported discovering an abandoned fire in the Bridger Wilderness area near Hobbs Lake earlier this week. They proceeded to scratch a containment line around the fire when it flared up. The fire was described to be approximately 6 feet by 6 feet in diameter burning in grass, duff, and small brush near a boulder between Hobbs lake and a smaller un-named lake.
The party recruited nearby campers to aid in the suppression effort. One of these individuals was a Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighter who helped direct the group.
A burning stump beside a campfire ring was reported by a wildlife brigade patrolling Signal Mountain Campground. The campfire was within the metal ring and cold, but an ember had likely spread from the fire and into the nearby stump, smoldering unseen until the stump warmed up later in the day.
On the evening of July 13th visitors reported an illegal bonfire just off the Signal Mt Rd. Ranger contacted the visitors, provided education and initially suppressed the fire. WY-GTP Engine-301 responded the following morning to mop-up the fire and rehabilitate the scene.
Personnel responded to this human caused fire in the Hiker-Biker loop of the Colter Bay campground on the evening of July 3rd.
The Flat Creek 2 fire, located in the Flat Creek Drainage, 7 miles north of Jackson, was reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch Saturday afternoon June 27. Two Interagency Helitack firefighters responded and controlled the tenth acre fire.
The fire was determined to be human-caused, the result of an abandoned campfire.
