Willow Creek Fire
The Willow Creek Fire was reported on August 22, 2025 in Lincoln County, Wyoming and burned 4,066 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 4,066 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2025
- Personnel
- 35
Map
Perimeter mapped December 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM MST, 4,066 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 42.554, -110.959.
The incident
- Size
- 4,066 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 3 Miles S from Smoot, WY
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Wyoming
- Nearest city reported
- S of Smoot
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 35
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,705,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WYBTF-002534
- IRWIN identifier
- 077A3303-D2CC-4FC6-8546-9CA385E60CD0
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 23, 2025 (3,820 acres) to December 15, 2025 (4,066 acres). The largest one-day growth was 4,065 acres, mapped September 2, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 23, 2025 | 3,820 | |
| August 26, 2025 | 4,356 | +536 |
| August 28, 2025 | 0 | -4,356 |
| August 29, 2025 | 4,063 | +4,063 |
| August 30, 2025 | 0 | -4,063 |
| September 2, 2025 | 4,065 | +4,065 |
| September 5, 2025 | 4,066 | +1 |
| December 15, 2025 | 4,066 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Afton, 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 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM MST. Identifier 2025-WYBTF-002534.