Sheep Creek Fire
The Sheep Creek Fire was reported on August 2, 2015 in Sheridan County, Wyoming and burned 1,655 acres. It was declared out on October 6, 2015. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,655 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2015
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.850, -107.345.
The incident
- Size
- 1,655 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2015 at 3:25 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 11, 2015 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 6, 2015 at 3:04 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Sheridan County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Dayton
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-WYCDS-000308
- IRWIN identifier
- BD6FA7E1-14C8-4794-BF65-3D832CD52127
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dayton, WY covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated March 7, 2017 at 9:24 AM MST. Identifier 2015-WYCDS-000308.