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Bare

Sublette, WY · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 370 acres in Sublette before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

370

Acres Burned

98

Days Burning

Aug 4, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 6 / 800 acresAug 23 / 370 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Bridger National Forest

Go

National Forest / WY

12.7 mi

NE

Gros Ventre Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WY

46.7 mi

N

Farm Service Agency Interest Of Id

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

47.6 mi

SW

Bridger Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / WY

48.6 mi

E

Caribou National Forest

Go

National Forest / ID

52.5 mi

W

Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

52.6 mi

NW

National Elk Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / WY

56.1 mi

N

Fitzpatrick Wilderness

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Wilderness / WY

57.8 mi

NE

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / ID

59 mi

SW

Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / WY

61 mi

SW

Teton National Forest

Go

National Forest / WY

62.4 mi

N

Fossil Butte National Monument

Go

Monument / WY

64 mi

S

Situation Updates

Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Bare update: 370 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 16

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bare containment moved from 53% to 100%.

IRWIN

Bare Fire Information Fact Sheet 08-15-2026

Incident team
Aug 15

Bare Fire Information Date Updated: August 15, 2026 Acreage: 370 acres Containment: 100% Cause: Lightning Location: Wyoming Range, north of Bare Pass and east of Bare Creek For additional information, visit the Bare Fire InciWeb page at https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/wybtf-bare-fire Closures are in place for public and firefighter safety. Learn more at https://inciweb.wildfire.g...

InciWeb

Bare update: 370 acres, 53% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 15

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bare containment moved from 37% to 53%.

IRWIN

Bare Fire Information Fact Sheet 08-14-2026

Incident team
Aug 14

Bare Fire Information Date Updated: August 14th , 2026 Acreage: 370 acres Containment: 37% Cause: Lightning Location: Wyoming Range, north of Bare Pass and east of Bare Creek For additional information, visit the Bare Fire InciWeb page at: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/wybtf-bare-fire Closures are in place for public and firefighter safety. Learn more at: https://inciweb.wildfi...

InciWeb

Bare update: 370 acres, 37% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 14

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bare containment moved from 17% to 37%.

IRWIN

Bare Fire Update for Thursday, 08-13-2026

Incident team
Aug 13

Bare Fire Update Thursday, August 13th, 2026 (Big Piney, WY, Aug. 13, 2026)  — The Bare Fire, in the Wyoming Range, is approximately 370 acres and 17% contained. Approximately 147 personnel are assigned to the incident. Rain came through the fire area early Wednesday morning resulting in crews being removed from the burn area due to safety concerns. Trips, falls and overhead hazards are among the ...

InciWeb

Bare update: 370 acres, 17% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 13

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bare containment moved from 5% to 17%.

IRWIN

Bare Fire Update for Wednesday, 08-12-2026

Incident team
Aug 12

(Big Piney, WY, Aug. 12, 2026)  — The Bare Fire, in the Wyoming Range, is approximately 370 acres and 5% contained. Reported acreage has been further reduced to reflect more precise mapping. Approximately 147 personnel are assigned to the incident. Fire managers designate portions of the fire as having containment when they have a high confidence that the fire will remain within the established pe...

InciWeb

Bare update: 370 acres, 5% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 12

Per interagency perimeter data, the Bare was remapped 73 acres lower to 370 and containment moved from 0% to 5%.

IRWIN

Bare Fire Update for Tuesday, 08-11-2026

Incident team
Aug 11

(Big Piney, WY, Aug. 11, 2026)  — The Bare Fire, in the Wyoming Range, is currently 439 acres and 5% contained. Approximately 202 personnel are assigned to the incident. Yesterday, 50 mile per hour wind gusts paused firefighting operations briefly, grounded aircraft, and prompted a pullout of firefighters due to safety concerns. Before the storm rolled in, fire officials walked the fire on the nor...

InciWeb

Bare Fire Update for Monday, 08-10-2026

Incident team
Aug 10

(Big Piney, WY, Aug. 10, 2026)   — The Bare Fire, in the Wyoming Range, is currently 443 acres. Approximately 202 personnel are assigned to the incident. Fire managers are implementing direct extinguishment and indirect confinement strategies on the Bare Fire. A direct extinguishment strategy is when firefighters engage the active flame front directly to stop fire spread. An indirect confinement s...

InciWeb

Bare Fire Daily Update for Monday, 08-10-2026

Incident team
Aug 10

(Big Piney, WY, Aug. 10, 2026)   — The Bare Fire, in the Wyoming Range, is currently 443 acres. Approximately 202 personnel are assigned to the incident. Fire managers are implementing direct extinguishment and indirect confinement strategies on the Bare Fire. A direct extinguishment strategy is when firefighters engage the active flame front directly to stop fire spread. An indirect confinement s...

InciWeb

Bare mapped at 443 acres, 1% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 10

Interagency perimeter data shows the Bare at 443 acres, 1% contained.

IRWIN

Bare Fire Update for Sunday, 08-09-2026

Incident team
Aug 9

(Big Piney, WY, Aug. 9, 2026)   — Wyoming Incident Management Team 3, which took command of the fire on Thursday, reached the end of their two-week rotation after having been reassigned from a previous incident. They transitioned with Wyoming Team 5 on Saturday, and the incoming team took full command of the Bare Fire at 6:00 a.m. Sunday, August 9. When incident management teams transition, they s...

InciWeb

Bare mapped at 443 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 9

Interagency perimeter data shows the Bare at 443 acres, 0% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 4Now

98 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 62d2c172-8852-4e3b-9403-340493d47e8b

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