Red Canyon Fire
The Red Canyon Fire was reported on August 13, 2025 in Hot Springs County, Wyoming and burned 124,709 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 124,709 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped October 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM MDT, 124,709 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 43.630, -107.946.
The incident
- Size
- 124,709 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 11 Miles E from Thermopolis, WY
- County
- Hot Springs County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- Thermopolis
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,720,862
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WYWBD-000254
- IRWIN identifier
- CA758718-8299-4602-86D8-497FF2851376
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 15, 2025 (34,432 acres) to October 6, 2025 (124,709 acres). The largest one-day growth was 34,018 acres, mapped August 16, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 15, 2025 | 34,432 | |
| August 16, 2025 | 68,450 | +34,018 |
| August 17, 2025 | 91,581 | +23,131 |
| August 18, 2025 | 107,885 | +16,304 |
| August 19, 2025 | 113,926 | +6,041 |
| August 20, 2025 | 123,753 | +9,827 |
| August 21, 2025 | 124,709 | +956 |
| August 22, 2025 | 124,709 | 0 |
| October 6, 2025 | 124,709 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Thermopolis, WY covers the area today.
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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 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM MST. Identifier 2025-WYWBD-000254.