Powder River Fire
The Powder River Fire was reported on July 1, 2025 in Johnson County, Wyoming and burned 945 acres. It was declared out on July 8, 2025.
- Size
- 945 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 1, 2025
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped July 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM MDT, 945 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 44.486, -106.114.
The incident
- Size
- 945 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM MDT
- Declared out
- July 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 24 Miles NW from Gillette, WY
- County
- Johnson County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Gillette
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $28,769
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WYJOX-250130
- IRWIN identifier
- B2F8D7E8-8A44-4B8C-8CC2-FAD76C4F304A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Buffalo, WY covers the area today.
Nearby
- Buffalo, WY30 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Gillette, WY33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Antelope Valley-Crestview, WY36 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sleepy Hollow, WY38 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sheridan, WY47 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Wright, WY59 miles southeast 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 July 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM MDT. Identifier 2025-WYJOX-250130.