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Wyoming Wildfires: Live Fire Map

28 active wildfires burning 34,121 acres in Wyoming right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

28
Active fires
34K
Acres
10
Under 50% contained
63
Air quality · Moderate

Current situation in Wyoming

Elevated activity
Large fires (1K+)
6
New fires (48h)
2
NWS alerts
6

Wyoming currently has 28 active wildfires burning a combined 34,121 acres. 6 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres, and 2 of those are still under 50% containment. The biggest is the Weiser Knoll fire in Fremont County at 13,350 acres, 0% contained. 2 new fires have been discovered in the past 48 hours. The National Weather Service has 6 active fire, wind, or heat alerts covering parts of the state, including 6 Red Flag Warnings. Air quality near the center of the state is moderate (AQI 63).

New to fire terms?What containment meansRed Flag Warnings explained

Bold outline: Wyoming boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

6 active weather alerts
Red Flag Warninguntil Aug 12, 3:00 AM

Red Flag Warning issued August 11 at 2:17AM MDT until August 11 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY

Yellowstone National Park

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Red Flag Warninguntil Aug 12, 3:00 AM

Red Flag Warning issued August 11 at 2:17AM MDT until August 11 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY

Upper Green River Basin/Rock Springs BLM; Sweetwater County/Rock Springs BLM/Flaming Gorge NRA

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Red Flag Warninguntil Aug 12, 3:00 AM

Red Flag Warning issued August 11 at 2:17AM MDT until August 11 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY

Natrona County/Casper BLM; Johnson County/Casper BLM; South Bighorn Mountains; Casper Mountain

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Red Flag Warninguntil Aug 12, 3:00 AM

Red Flag Warning issued August 11 at 2:17AM MDT until August 11 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY

Upper Wind River Basin/Wind River Basin; Owl Creek Mountains; Granite/Green/Ferris/Rattlesnake Mountains

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Red Flag Warninguntil Aug 12, 3:00 AM

Red Flag Warning issued August 11 at 2:17AM MDT until August 11 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Riverton WY

Absaroka Mountains/North Shoshone NF

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Red Flag Warninguntil Aug 12, 3:00 AM

Red Flag Warning issued August 11 at 1:08AM MDT until August 11 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Niobrara/Lower Elevations of Converse/Thunder Basin National Grassland; Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains; North Laramie Range a…

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Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.

This season vs the last decade

24% of an average year
Burned so far in 202653K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)220K acres

So far in 2026, 53K acres have burned in Wyoming, 24% of the 220K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Wyoming

Wildfire history in Wyoming

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2024
Worst year · 834K acres
850
Fires / year · average
11K
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
593
Structures destroyed
0
Lives lost
$599.6M
Reported cost

From 605 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
8241.6K2014: 320 fires20142015: 528 fires2016: 713 fires20162017: 906 fires2018: 1.2K fires20182019: 979 fires2020: 1.6K fires20202021: 1.3K fires2022: 995 fires20222023: 634 fires2024: 774 fires20242025: 648 fires2026: 419 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Wyoming averaged 229K acres burned and 694 fires per year. That is 61% up in acreage and 27% down in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Largest fires on record in Wyoming

  • Remington2024196,368 acres
  • Deer Creek Fire, Leiter, WY2017190,000 acres
  • Mullen202066 structures destroyed176,878 acres
  • House Draw2024174,547 acres
  • Kate'S Basin Complex20002 structures destroyed137,600 acres

Emergency resources for Wyoming

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Wyoming Office of Homeland SecurityAlertsState emergency management and alerts.hls.wyo.govRed Cross open shelter mapSheltersLive map of currently open emergency shelters nationwide.redcross.orgInciWeb incident informationEvacuationsOfficial updates, closures, and evacuation notices for federal wildfires.inciweb.wildfire.govDisasterAssistance.govFire infoFEMA assistance programs if you are affected by a declared disaster.disasterassistance.govState emergency management directoryAlertsUSA.gov directory of every state emergency management agency.usa.gov

Fires near a city in Wyoming

CheyenneJacksonCasper

Nearby states

California (107)Oregon (92)Washington (39)Montana (27)Arizona (24)Idaho (21)