Wyoming wildfires

Red Canyon Fire

ContainedHot Springs County, Wyoming2025Wildfire

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.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Thermopolis

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.

DayAcresChange
August 15, 202534,432
August 16, 202568,450+34,018
August 17, 202591,581+23,131
August 18, 2025107,885+16,304
August 19, 2025113,926+6,041
August 20, 2025123,753+9,827
August 21, 2025124,709+956
August 22, 2025124,7090
October 6, 2025124,7090

Weather in the area

This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Thermopolis, WY covers the area today.

Nearby

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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.