Sandpiper Fire (Wyoming)
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🟠 orange = active fire
Imagery: Sentinel-2 (Copernicus). Drag to compare smoke vs. infrared.
Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 14 Miles E from Casper, WY
- Cause
- Human
- Personnel
- 9
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Creeping, Running
- Jurisdiction
- BLM · Federal land
Burning across federal lands in Natrona County, Wyoming, the Sandpiper Fire has maintained a steady presence 14 miles east of Casper near Evansville for 143 days. Spanning 6,287 acres of 2.5-foot tall grass at an average daily growth rate of approximately 44 acres per day, the human-caused wildfire is now fully contained at 100 percent.
Fire behavior is currently characterized as minimal, creeping, and running. Operations are being handled by a Type 4 incident management team with a dedicated personnel of nine individuals, operating under the Bureau of Land Management.
This incident unfolds during a broader national landscape where 2,799,726 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a figure 49% below the two-decade average, contrasting with the region's typical fire season which spans from June to October.
In context
This wildfire burned in Wyoming for 148 days. In total it burned about 6,287 acres — around 25 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 3,186,142 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 42% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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