Teton Interagency Fire

Members of the public reported discovering an abandoned fire in the Bridger Wilderness area near Hobbs Lake earlier this week. They proceeded to scratch a containment line around the fire when it flared up. The fire was described to be approximately 6 feet by 6 feet in diameter burning in grass, duff, and small brush near a boulder between Hobbs lake and a smaller un-named lake.

The party recruited nearby campers to aid in the suppression effort. One of these individuals was a Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighter who helped direct the group.

A burning stump beside a campfire ring was reported by a wildlife brigade patrolling Signal Mountain Campground. The campfire was within the metal ring and cold, but an ember had likely spread from the fire and into the nearby stump, smoldering unseen until the stump warmed up later in the day.

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. 

On the evening of July 13th visitors reported an illegal bonfire just off the Signal Mt Rd.  Ranger contacted the visitors, provided education and initially suppressed the fire.  WY-GTP Engine-301 responded the following morning to mop-up the fire and rehabilitate the scene.

Lightning caused fire, called out on 7/27

Personnel responded to this human caused fire in the Hiker-Biker loop of the Colter Bay campground on the evening of July 3rd.  

The Flat Creek 2 fire, located in the Flat Creek Drainage, 7 miles north of Jackson,  was reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch   Saturday afternoon June 27.  Two Interagency Helitack firefighters responded and controlled the tenth acre fire. 

The fire was determined to be human-caused, the result of an abandoned campfire. 

Illegal slash pile burning.

This fire is currently under investigation. Local outfitter and hunting guides called the smoke report and location into Teton Interagency Fire Dispatch on 10/16. Soon after, Teton Interagency Fire Module responded to the area and located the 1/2 acre fire torching near the Green Mountain and McMichael Draw areas close to the South Fork of Spread Creek. The fire appears to have been smoldering for several days before detection and any information on the fire's cause can be shared to 307-739-5424