Moonshine Fire (Wyoming)
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Fire (SWIR)
Infrared / SWIR (right): sees through smoke.
🟢 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
- 17 Miles SW from Wheatland, WY
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 122
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Behavior
- Active, Running, Torching
- Jurisdiction
- SF · State land
Burning across 500 acres of timber with grass and understory, the active Moonshine Fire is located 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming, in Albany County. The blaze exhibits active, running, and torching fire behavior, and satellite instruments have detected 11 heat signatures nearby over the past 48 hours, indicating the current spread of the fire.
State land managed by the State Forestry agency is currently impacted by the incident, which began on September 7, 2026, due to a natural cause. A total of 122 personnel are assigned to the Type 4 Incident, operating under a Type 4 Incident Commander with zero percent containment achieved so far.
This fire occurs within the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. Nationally, the broader context shows that 3,188,211 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 42 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Wyoming for 1 day. So far it has affected roughly 500 acres — about 2.0 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 3,188,211 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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