Snake Fire
The Snake Fire was reported on September 10, 2016 in Carbon County, Wyoming and burned 2,565 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2016.
- Size
- 2,565 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 10, 2016
- Personnel
- 60
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.040, -107.097.
The incident
- Size
- 2,565 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 10, 2016 at 4:29 PM MDT
- Declared out
- December 1, 2016 at 8:30 AM MST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Carbon County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Encampment
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 60
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,190,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WYMBF-016498
- IRWIN identifier
- B025432A-6CC4-4AD7-880B-D55DBBAA590A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Saratoga, WY covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 October 1, 2018 at 1:16 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-WYMBF-016498.