Teton County, Wyoming · Wildfire
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The Kinky Creek Fire is a wildfire near Teton County, Wyoming. It has burned about 880 acres (about 667 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 4 weeks ago. About 66 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC.
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
81°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 6 mph NW · 35% chance of rain
Tonight
46°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 3 mph SSW · 21% chance of rain
Sunday
84°F · Sunny
Wind 0 to 7 mph W · 2% chance of rain
Sunday Night
47°F · Mostly Clear
Wind 2 to 6 mph NNW · 1% chance of rain
Monday
85°F · Sunny
Wind 1 to 5 mph W · 7% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:32 p.m. CDT.
About 66 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $4 million has been spent on it so far.
The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.
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