Flat Rock Fire
The Flat Rock Fire was reported on August 21, 2024 in Campbell County, Wyoming and burned 52,421 acres. It was declared out on October 30, 2024.
- Size
- 52,421 acres
- Contained
- 97%
- Discovered
- August 21, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped November 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM MST, 52,422 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.354, -105.579.
The incident
- Size
- 52,421 acres
- Containment
- 97%
- Discovered
- August 21, 2024 at 6:13 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 11 miles NW of Gillette, WY
- County
- Campbell County
- State
- Wyoming
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,900,506
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-WYCMX-240440
- IRWIN identifier
- 7D4A51B8-CFCA-42AE-BA40-D37E4EC57CB9
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 22, 2024 (30,610 acres) to August 27, 2024 (52,482 acres). The largest one-day growth was 22,157 acres, mapped August 24, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2024 | 30,610 | |
| August 24, 2024 | 52,767 | +22,157 |
| August 25, 2024 | 52,599 | -168 |
| August 26, 2024 | 52,599 | 0 |
| August 27, 2024 | 52,482 | -117 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Gillette, WY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Gillette, WY6 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Antelope Valley-Crestview, WY10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sleepy Hollow, WY11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Moorcroft, WY32 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Wright, WY42 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Upton, WY50 miles east 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 December 3, 2024 at 2:25 PM MST. Identifier 2024-WYCMX-240440.