Whit Fire
The Whit Fire was reported on August 2, 2016 in Park County, Wyoming and burned 12,387 acres. It was declared out on October 7, 2016.
- Size
- 12,387 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2016
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 44.445, -109.427.
The incident
- Size
- 12,387 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2016 at 2:20 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 8, 2016 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 23, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 7, 2016 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Park County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Cody
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,229,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-WYPAX-000393
- IRWIN identifier
- 3462993C-2C5D-4DB5-B443-ACC443B60BA2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cody, 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 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-WYPAX-000393.