Bare Fire (Wyoming)
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🟢 green = vegetation
🟤 red/brown = burned
🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 20 Miles NW from Big Piney, WY
- Personnel
- 123
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering, Spotting
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning across timber with litter and understory in Sublette County, the Bare Fire near Big Piney, Wyoming, has burned 370 acres at an average daily growth of approximately 31 acres per day over 12 days. The Type 3 Incident is managed by a Type 3 Team under the USFS on federal land, backed by 123 personnel and costing $3,500,000.
Fire behavior is currently minimal, characterized by smoldering and spotting. The incident, which started on August 4, 2026, has now reached 100 percent containment.
This activity occurs against a broader national backdrop where 2,909,844 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 47% below the two-decade average for a typical fire season that runs from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Wyoming for 19 days. In total it burned about 370 acres — around 1.5 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,178,795 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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