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Raven Creek Fire (Wyoming)

Ended · 100% contained · 3,789 acres · started 2026-06-06 · updated 2026-07-25

Raven Creek Fire (Wyoming) — Sentinel-2 true color Raven Creek Fire (Wyoming) — Sentinel-2 SWIR (fuego) True color Fire (SWIR)
True color (left): as the eye sees it.
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
13 Miles SE from Moorcroft, WY
Personnel
3
Complexity
Type 3 Incident
Fuel
Brush (2 feet)
Behavior
Minimal, Smoldering, Creeping
Jurisdiction
Private land

Burning across private land in Weston, Wyoming, the Raven Creek Fire has maintained a presence for 49 days, exhibiting an average daily growth of approximately 77 acres per day. Located 13 miles southeast of Moorcroft, the incident currently spans 3,789 acres of two-foot brush.

Fire behavior is reported as minimal, smoldering, and creeping. Operations involving three personnel under a Type 4 Incident Commander have successfully brought the Type 3 incident to 100 percent containment, with total costs reaching $500,000.

In context

This wildfire burned in Wyoming for 63 days. In total it burned about 3,789 acres — around 15 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 3,188,211 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.

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