This means the fire was started by humans, either intentional or accidental; equipment, smoking, campfire, debris burning, railroad, arson, children, fireworks, vehicle.

Corral Fire

The Corral Fire started on Sept. 17 but was not found until today Sept. 20. The fire had been smoldering and creeping in duff and litter, so was difficult to locate. Winds and warmer temperatures led to more active fire behavior in heavy timber and made easier to detect from 35HX helicopter. E411 with 4 firefighters were able to assist via UTV and take suppression action. The fire was located between Dry Creek and Trail Fork of Cottonwood Creek on the Greys River Ranger District was less than a tenth of an acre. The Corral Fire has been called out.

Rimrock

This fire was discovered by the Teton Interagency helicopter. The fire is located near Ramshorn Peak along the ridgeline. Burning in grass and dead and down fuel. Helitack firefighters are suppressing the fire. Cause of the fire is suspected to be an abandoned warming fire.

Firefighters worked to contain the fire and are working to remove fuel and cool the interior of the fire.

Marten Creek

This fire is approximately 13 miles east of Afton, WY.

As incident complexity has decreased and containment increased, the Type 2 incident management team—Great Basin Team 3—transferred command of the fire to a local Type 4 organization as of Sunday, September 30, at 6 a.m.

 

 

 

White Rock

Google map image showing the fire location adjacent to the Upper Green River Lake.Five firefighters from the Pinedale and Big Piney Ranger Districts have hiked in fire and will be fully suppressing the fire using Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics (MIST)

Fire Trail

This fire is located 4 miles south of Alpine and approximately 1 mile west in the Squaw Creek drainage and is human caused. The fire is approximately 30 acres in size due to more accurate GPS mapping of the burned area. The Squaw-Murphy route (Forest Road #10001-Forest Trail #3183) closure has been rescinded and is now open for recreation. The Fire Trail Fire was declared out late afternoon on August 30, 2018. 

Hobble Creek

A burning stump near the Hobble Creek Campground was found and extinguished by Forest personnel. This fire was the cause of a careless human. The fire danger rating is "High", which means all fine dead fuels ignite readily and fires start easily.

Highway 89

Crews responded Tuesday afternoon to two reported fires along Hwy 89, south of the JH Airport Rd. Junction.  Visitors reported seeing a trailer with mechanical issues driving south ignite two fires along the road shoulder.  Initial actions taken by visitors with a fire extinguisher and water kept the fires from spreading until interagency fire resources could reach the scene.

The two fires, approx 100 yards apart, totaled less than a tenth of an acre.

9 Mile

35HX, Teton Interagency Helitack Crew responded to a smoke check 9 miles south of Alpine that was reported by the public Sunday early evening. E631 from the Greys River Ranger District responded to the 1/10 acre fire and called it contained and controlled the same evening.