Buffalo Fire
The Buffalo Fire was reported on August 13, 2016 in Park County, Wyoming and burned 12,693 acres. It was declared out on October 31, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 12,693 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2016
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.968, -110.356.
The incident
- Size
- 12,693 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2016 at 5:09 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 22, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 23, 2016 at 7:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 31, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Park County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Tower Junction
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- NPS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,414,252
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WYYNP-001614
- IRWIN identifier
- A398FEBD-412F-4516-920C-64B82ACBD7DC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gardiner, MT covers the area today.
Nearby
- Gardiner, MT18 miles west of the fire’s origin
- West Yellowstone, MT42 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Livingston, MT49 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Big Sky, MT54 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Red Lodge, MT56 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Absarokee, MT59 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Wyoming wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 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 October 31, 2016 at 2:54 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-WYYNP-001614.