Sweetwater County, Wyoming · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
1 acres Aug 3, 8:00 PM
|
1 acres
Aug 3, 8:00 PM
|
— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Bull Fire is a wildfire near Sweetwater County, Wyoming. It has burned about 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.
The size and containment above are current as of Monday, August 3rd at 8:00 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
44°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 12 to 18 mph NNE · 0% chance of rain
Tuesday
82°F · Patchy Smoke
Wind 5 to 12 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
46°F · Areas Of Smoke
Wind 2 to 14 mph NNW · 0% chance of rain
Wednesday
83°F · Sunny
Wind 1 to 15 mph W · 0% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
48°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 2 to 15 mph W · 0% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, August 3rd at 7:08 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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