Campground hosts extinguished a fire at Colter Bay CG, site D-101 on Monday afternoon while the area was receiving strong winds on a very hot and dry day. The National Weather Service had issued a Red Flag Warning for the area asking residents and visitors to be cautious with fire as conditions were ripe for fire spread. This human caused fire was located in the campsite, but not in the established fire ring and is under investigation.
Several reports of smoke in the river bottom south of Deadman's Bar access came in on Sunday, with suppression actions taken by visitors also reported. One fire was found by fire resources and suppressed on the east side of the main river channel. Continued patrols Sunday and Monday discovered no additional fires.
This human caused fire was discovered by visitors at the Lupine Meadows trailhead on Sunday morning, and was quickly suppressed.
The fire is in a patrol status with the support from the local fire staff.
The interagency fire group has had a busy fire season working together to protect the community of Teton County, now it your turn as homeowners to take the step needed to ensure you at prepared be for the next READY Nixel! Take time to learn more about your role as a member of a Fire Adapted Community and to be prepared in Ready, Set ,Go!
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.
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.
Another human caused fire left by individuals who did not completely extinguish their campfire. Some effort was made into trying to put the fire out however, plenty of heat was still left inside the burning material. This fire had the potential to negatively impact the Hatchet businesses and Blackrock District office and homes. Anyone with information of individuals having a campfire on the FS 30200 Road, please contact 307-739-5424.
The Coburn Fire was first reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch at 12:30 Thursday. The fire is located 1.5 miles east of Observation Peak in the Snake River Range. The Teton Interagency Helicopter responded with four firefighters. Cause of the 3/4 acre fire is undetermined and under investigation. Eight Smokejumpers from West Yellowstone were dropped on the fire to provide additional help. the fire does have fire line around the perimeter, put the steep terrain continues to allow for roll out of burning material.
09/17 The Boulder Lake Fire was declared out yesterday after firefighters checked the fire. They gridded the aspen stand on the slope on the north side of Boulder Lake and found no heat.
08/26 10:54 am - The fire is now 100% contained and has transitioned to a Type 5 incident. The only visible smoke is in the aspen stand on the south facing slope above Boulder Lake and it poses no threat to containment lines.
