Natural caused start from lightning strike.
Lightning the afternoon of August 24th started the Skull Creek Meadows Fire, located northeast of Mount Leidy. The fire was located and sized up early evening by the Teton Interagency helicopter. Five Firefighters from the Teton Interagency Fire Module will staff the fire early Tuesday morning.
The Pass fire was the result of an August 24th late afternoon lightning fire. Four Teton Interagency Firefighters responded to the tenth acre fire.
The lighting-caused Iron Rim Creek fire was sized-up early evening by Teton Interagency Helitack. Six firefighters will staff the fire early Tuesday morning.
The Smokehouse Mountain Fire, located 7 miles north of Togwotee Pass, in the Teton Wilderness, was reported to Teton Dispatch on Monday at 12:30. The Teton Interagency Helicopter estimated size at five acres, and is burning in a small stand of timber at approximately 10,000 foot elevation. Terrain adjacent to the fire is steep and inaccessible; the fire posses no threat at this time and is expected to have minimal. The suppression strategy will be confine and contain the fire. A remote camera has been placed on Angle Mountain to monitor fire activity.
Carson Stinson, Irish Canyon Fire Incident Commander trainee, reported that the fire was approximately a quarter acre in size and appeared to be caused by recent lightning. The fire was reported by a driver on the highway passing by Sand Draw south of Boulder.
The Cow Creek fire was reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch on Thursday, August 6. The fire is 8 acres and is believed to be a "holdover" from lightning several days earlier. As of today, August 10, there are 16 smokejumpers and one helicopter assigned to the fire.
Lightning caused fire, called out on 7/27
A lightning map has confirmed this new fire start from a storm passing over the area on 9/19. Currently burning in an isolated pocket of mixed conifer, willow and aspens the .50 acre fire did spot into an adjacent stand of vegetation. With the weather moving into the area, firefighters will leave the remote area of the fire and patrol the area as needed. Smoke maybe visible at the higher elevations of the of the Public and firefighter safety is always the first priority for managers. Due to low fire potential at this time, no trails will be closed.
This is a new fire start from the lightning storm passing over the Teton area on 8/28, detected on Saturday by a homeowner living in the Munger Mountain area. This small fire .10 acre is smoldering in heavy timber and has moderate potential for growth. Due to the proximity of the fire and the wildland urban interface, this fire is being fully suppressed.
