Wildfire, Sweetwater
- When
- August 10, 10:00 PM MST to August 18, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sweetwater County, 30 mi SW of Rock Spgs
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.660, -108.879 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Wyoming, August 10 to 18, 2000
Sheep Mountain fire declared fully contained on 8/18. The fire burned approximately 29,000 acres.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RIW wrote it up.
Sheep Mountain fire declared fully contained on 8/18. The fire burned approximately 29,000 acres. Two area ranches evacuated, U.S. Highway 191 closed for three days.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 10, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Georgia, August 10 to 11, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, August 10 to 11, 2000
- Wildfire in Idaho, August 10 to 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 10, 2000
- Flood in Florida, August 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, August 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5172219.