Map of Wyoming. The Cold Springs Fire burns 116 miles from Cheyenne, and 116 miles from the state capital, Cheyenne. — The fire sits 116 miles from Cheyenne.

1,966

acres burned so far — about 3 square miles

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 10:09am today

The Cold Springs Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 1,966 acres in Converse County, Wyoming. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

100% held

100% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

78people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Human

is the cause on the official record.

65 days

on record — first written down on Monday 10 August at 3:56pm local time, starting at 50 acres.

Type 4 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

42.724, -105.491lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 22.3 miles from the fire: 35°F, air at 100% humidity, a 15 mph wind out of the north.

Smoke has been recorded lying over this ground five times so far. The thickest of it was thin between 6:20am and 9:00am local time. The last of those windows closed 121 hours ago, so what is overhead now is not known.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.

How the record has moved

Each step is a change on the interagency incident record — acreage, containment or crews — with the date it was reported. No satellite reading is involved.

Monday 10 August

First reported at 50 acres
50 ac
Sunday 23 August

1,966 acres on record — 100% contained, 78 personnel assigned
1,966 ac · 100% held · 78 crew