Converse County, Wyoming · Wildfire
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The Sand Creek Fire is a wildfire near Converse County, Wyoming. It has burned about 13 acres (about 11 football fields). It was first reported 5 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 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
94°F · Sunny
Wind 15 mph SE · 6% chance of rain
Tonight
67°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 15 mph SSE · 13% chance of rain
Sunday
94°F · Mostly Sunny
Wind 5 to 10 mph NNW · 12% chance of rain
Sunday Night
65°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph N · 7% chance of rain
Monday
93°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph N · 4% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:33 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.
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