Laney Rim Fire
The Laney Rim Fire was reported on July 28, 2018 in Sweetwater County, Wyoming and burned 13,198 acres. It was declared out on September 5, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,198 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.214, -109.016.
The incident
- Size
- 13,198 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018 at 4:08 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 21, 2018 at 6:10 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 5, 2018 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 30 miles SSE of Rock Springs, WY
- County
- Sweetwater County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Rock Springs
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-WYRSD-018349
- IRWIN identifier
- B8E59404-9148-49D4-9B99-58A48C96356D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rock Springs, WY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Rock Springs, WY28 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Green River, WY32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- North Rock Springs, WY32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Vernal, UT59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Maeser, UT59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Naples, UT60 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Wyoming wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 September 5, 2018 at 12:36 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-WYRSD-018349.