Lightning
Natural caused start from lightning strike.
Skull Creek Meadows
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.
Pass
The Pass fire was the result of an August 24th late afternoon lightning fire. Four Teton Interagency Firefighters responded to the tenth acre fire.
Iron Rim Creek
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.
Irish Canyon
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.
Cow Creek
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.
Dells Fire
Lightning caused fire, called out on 7/27
Pine Knoll
The cause of the fire was due to lightning from a storm that went over Thursday and held over until Friday late afternoon. Hunters in the area of Pine Knoll saw a tree torching and called it in to local authorities. Fire personnel are taking full suppression action at this time.
Porcupine Fire
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.
Grey Hills
Several lightning strikes have been documented from the storms passing through the Teton fire area on 8/29. The Grey Hills fire is one of those strikes which had enough receptive vegetation at the base of the tree to smolder half a day before being detected by an ATV tour group riding in the area.