Creek Fire
The Creek Fire was reported on June 11, 2024 in Crook County, Wyoming and burned 1,470 acres. It was declared out on June 28, 2024.
- Size
- 1,470 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2024
- Personnel
- 105
Map
Perimeter mapped July 3, 2024 at 1:18 PM MDT, 1,471 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.897, -104.638.
The incident
- Size
- 1,470 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2024 at 4:04 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- June 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 15 Miles North of Hulett, WY
- County
- Crook County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Hulett
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 105
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-WYCRX-240511
- IRWIN identifier
- 3CAC4ABA-9A54-4D6E-819A-62CADA10BCB7
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 12, 2024 (453 acres) to June 14, 2024 (1,471 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,046 acres, mapped June 13, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2024 | 453 | |
| June 13, 2024 | 1,499 | +1,046 |
| June 14, 2024 | 1,471 | -28 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sundance, WY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sundance, WY36 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Belle Fourche, SD42 miles east of the fire’s origin
- North Spearfish, SD45 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Moorcroft, WY46 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Spearfish, SD47 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Upton, WY55 miles south of the fire’s origin
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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 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM MDT. Identifier 2024-WYCRX-240511.