Converse County, Wyoming · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
30 acres Jul 28, 9:00 PM
|
40 acres
Jul 28, 10:00 PM
+10 acres
was 30 acres · Jul 28, 9:00 PM
|
+10 acres
in about 1 hour
|
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Sawmill Fire is a wildfire near Converse County, Wyoming. It has burned about 40 acres (about 30 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday. We're also tracking 4 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, July 28th at 10:00 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.
Tonight
61°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 15 mph SE · 2% chance of rain
Wednesday
95°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 10 mph SE · 39% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
61°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 37% chance of rain
Thursday
95°F · Sunny
Wind 10 to 15 mph WNW · 5% chance of rain
Thursday Night
59°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 5 to 15 mph SE · 2% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, July 28th at 10:07 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:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 4 other active fires, closest first:
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