Raven Creek Fire (Wyoming)
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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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