Rocky Ridge Fire (WY)
Imagery: Sentinel-2 SWIR (Copernicus) — infrared, sees through smoke. 🟢 vegetation · 🟤 burned · 🟠 active fire.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 17 Miles SW from Lusk, WY
- Cause
- Human
- Personnel
- 3
- Complexity
- Type 5 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Running
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Burning across private land 17 miles southwest of Lusk in Goshen County, Wyoming, the Rocky Ridge Fire has burned 222 acres over 46 days of activity, averaging approximately 5 acres of growth per day. Fire behavior is currently minimal and running in short grass that stands about one foot tall. The human-caused blaze has reached 100 percent containment under the management of a Type 5 Incident Command and a Type 5 IC, utilizing a lean personnel crew of three workers. Total suppression costs have reached $1,000.
This incident unfolds during the region's typical fire season, which runs from June to October. On a broader scale, across the country, 2,902,022 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure that is 47% below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire has been burning in Wyoming for 52 days. So far it has affected roughly 222 acres — about 0.9 km². The perimeter is 100% contained.
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 2,943,064 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 46% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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