Campbell County, Wyoming · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
246 acres
Aug 16, 2:01 PM
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| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Bull Creek Fire is a wildfire near Campbell County, Wyoming. It has burned about 246 acres (about 186 football fields). It was first reported about 5 weeks ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, August 15th at 1:01 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
78°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 7 mph N · 57% chance of rain
Tonight
51°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 1 to 5 mph SE · 18% chance of rain
Sunday
87°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 6 mph SW · 16% chance of rain
Sunday Night
52°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Clear
Wind 1 to 5 mph E · 19% chance of rain
Monday
90°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 1 to 6 mph W · 6% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, August 15th at 1:03 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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