Bitter Creek Fire
The Bitter Creek Fire was reported on July 26, 2015 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming and burned 2,487 acres. It was declared out on August 5, 2015. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,487 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2015
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.260, -109.209.
The incident
- Size
- 2,487 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2015 at 3:02 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 31, 2015 at 3:55 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 3, 2015 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 5, 2015 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Sweetwater County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Rock Springs
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $555,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WYRSD-000159
- IRWIN identifier
- 0280EEDB-1EF5-4F4A-BC0D-2B1747955DB8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Purple Sage, WY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Purple Sage, WY21 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Rock Springs, WY23 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Green River, WY23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- North Rock Springs, WY27 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lyman, WY56 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Maeser, UT58 miles south of the fire’s origin
Wyoming wildfires today Wildfires of 2015 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated May 6, 2016 at 12:26 PM MDT. Identifier 2015-WYRSD-000159.