9/7 5:12 pm - The fire is out and all resources are off the fire.
9:40 am - The Incident Commander declared the fire controlled early this morning when no smokes were visible within the fire perimeter. The handcrew and helicopter have been released to aid in a fire outside Jackson, WY but crews from local Forest engines continue to work the fire today.
The Cabin Creek Fire is 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.
Located approximately 6 miles southwest of Wilson, Wyoming, just above the Mosquito Creek drainage. The fire is under a full suppression strategy. Containment is at 95%. The fire show's little to no fire activity and remains on the ridge line just west of the Bridger-Teton Forest boundary. Caribou Targhee fire managers have placed the fire in a patrol status due to impacts from weather and the suppression tactics over the last two weeks.
Thanks to Sublette County Unified Fire for their support on the fire and for sharing photos taken (Ron Ruckman, Kevin Mitchell)
09/07 - The Incident Commander declared the fire controlled last night 5 pm. Crews continue to check the fire for heat and are expecting weather in the next few days to have a positive affect on any remaining hotspots within the fire perimeter.
09/08 - The fire was declared out at 2 pm today.
A packer riding out out the Teton Wilderness reported two smoldering logs in a small stand of green trees. The Teton Interagency Helicopter responded on Thursday and extinguished the fire.
This fire was discovered approximately 3 miles south of Bondurant, WY burning in mixed conifer above Miller drainage. Several firefighters from the Bridger-Teton NF and Sublette County Unified Fire, as well as a Type 3 helicopter from Teton Interagency Fire responded and began suppression efforts.
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.
