Bare Fire (WY)
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Fire (SWIR)
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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
- 44
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Moderate, Uphill Runs, Torching
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Spanning two days of active burning, the Bare Fire has expanded at an approximate rate of 400 acres per day to reach 800 acres 20 miles northwest of Big Piney, Wyoming, in Sublette County. Satellites are picking up 10 heat detections near the federal timberland within the USFS jurisdiction, where current fire behavior on the ground involves moderate activity, uphill runs, and torching through litter and understory fuels.
With 44 personnel assigned to manage the Type 4 Incident under Type 4 IC leadership, the fire remains zero percent contained as suppression costs mount to $1,500,000. The incident is unfolding during the regional typical fire season, which runs from June to October.
Nationwide, the broader context reveals 2,603,769 hectares burned so far in 2026, a figure that sits 52% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Wyoming for 2 days. So far it has affected roughly 800 acres — about 3.2 km². Crews report no containment yet, so the fire can still spread.
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 2,603,769 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 52% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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