Teton Interagency Fire

    This fire was discovered on the evening of July 4th near Chall Creek. The fire started by lightning hitting a single tree. Firefighters from Engines 421 and 761 responded and suppressed the fire.

This small fire was started after lightning moved through the area over the Memorial Day weekend. The fire was suppressed and call out on 4/28 after two firefighters from the Teton Fire Module suppressed the single tree fire.  

A lightning storm passing over the Blackrock Ranger District is responsible for igniting this small fire. Two Teton Interagency fire module crew members accessed the fire on foot to size up and suppress the fire.

The Flat Fire was discovered as 35HX helicopter was responding to another smoke report in the Cottonwood Creek area, that fire was not located. Helitak personnel and 4 West Yellowstone Smoke Jumpers took full suppression. The fire was located West of Wyoming Peak in the Flat Creek area of Greys River drainage.

This fire is approximately 4 miles west of the Sherman Creek Guard Station and 2 miles to the north of Horse Creek Road. Fire behavior is smoldering with some torching in a mix of grass, brush, timber, and slash. Firefighters from the Big Piney and Pinedale Ranger Districts are currently taking full suppression actions on the fire.

Trail Area Map  

Yellow Mountain Fire Flyer 9-29-18 (PDF)

This small fire was detected late in the evening as a tree torched along the ridge line and making the flames visible to homeowners living in along the Snake River in Teton County. Teton interagency helicopter flew the fire and found a small 1/4 acre fire burning within a stand of heavy mixed timber. Two West Yellowstone Smokejumpers are suppressing the fire and will hike off the fire after is has been contained and controlled. The fire is a lightning start from the storm passing over the area later this last week.

This lightning caused fire is burning approximately one mile north of the Beaver trailhead. Fire behavior is smoldering in grass and sage in an isolated stand of timber. Firefighters from the Big Piney and Pinedale Ranger Districts have hiked in to the fire and are taking suppression action at this time.

Afternoon winds on August 25th woke the sleepy Wilson Canyon Fire after what appears to be a long period of smoldering fire behavior at the base of a large Douglas fir. The 4.7 acre fire was called into fire dispatch through forest visitors recreating in the canyon area. Local interagency firefighters from Jackson Hole Fire/EMS helped to support suppression efforts along with water bucket operations from Helicopter 35HX. The fire was called out -