Albany, WY · Natural
Crews have this fire 74% contained. Nearby public lands are likely open, but check for lingering closures.
7,325
Acres Burned
18
Days Burning
Sep 7, 2026
Discovered
1d ago
Last Update
5 public land units within 75 miles
Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / WY
45.5 mi
SW
Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / WY
57.2 mi
SW
Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge
GoWildlife Refuge / WY
57.4 mi
S
Sheep Mountain Game Refuge National Game Refuge
GoNCA / WY
62.8 mi
SW
Medicine Bow National Forest
GoNational Forest / WY
64.7 mi
SW
Posted by the incident management team on InciWeb, plus changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data
Per interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine containment moved from 65% to 74%.
IRWINPer interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine containment moved from 61% to 65%.
IRWINMOONSHINE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE September 20, 2026 FIRE STATUS 7325 Acres | 61% Contained | 120 Personnel START DATE September 7, 2026 LOCATION 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming Fire Information : Moonshine Fire Inciweb Incident Commanders Frederick Tucker, ICT3 Peter Freire, ICT3(t) OPERATIONAL UPDATE The Moonshine Fire is nearing the end of the Wyoming Type 3 Incident Management Team’s inv...
InciWebMOONSHINE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE September 19, 2026 FIRE STATUS 7325 Acres | 61% Contained | 132 Personnel START DATE September 7, 2026 LOCATION 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming Fire Information : Moonshine Fire Inciweb Information number: (307) 295-2770 2026.moonshine@firenet.gov Incident Commanders Frederick Tucker, ICT3 Peter Freire, ICT3(t) Consecutive days of scattered thunderstorm acti...
InciWebPer interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine grew 5 acres to 7,325 and containment moved from 51% to 61%.
IRWINMOONSHINE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE September 18, 2026 FIRE STATUS 7325 Acres | 51% Contained | 180 Personnel START DATE September 7, 2026 LOCATION 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming Fire Information : Moonshine Fire Inciweb Information number: (307) 295-2770 2026.moonshine@firenet.gov Incident Commanders Frederick Tucker, ICT3 John Ellington, Deputy ICT3 (t) Peter Freire, ICT3(t) OPERATIONAL UPD...
InciWebPer interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine grew 4 acres to 7,320.
IRWINMOONSHINE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE - September 17, 2026 FIRE STATUS 7316 Acres | 51% Contained | 172 Personnel START DATE September 7, 2026 LOCATION 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming Fire Information : Moonshine Fire Inciweb Information number: (307) 295-2770 2026.moonshine@firenet.gov Incident Commanders Frederick Tucker, ICT3 John Ellington, Deputy ICT3 (t) Peter Freire, ICT3(t) As containmen...
InciWebPer interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine grew 12 acres to 7,316.
IRWINMOONSHINE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE September 16, 2026 FIRE STATUS 7,304 Acres | 51% Contained | 222 Personnel START DATE September 7, 2026 LOCATION 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming Fire Information : Moonshine Fire Inciweb Information number: (307) 295-2770 2026.moonshine@firenet.gov Incident Commanders Frederick Tucker, ICT3 John Ellington, Deputy ICT3 (t) Peter Freire, ICT3(t) Operations on ...
InciWebPer interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine grew 134 acres to 7,304 and containment moved from 47% to 51%.
IRWINMOONSHINE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE September 15, 2026 FIRE STATUS 7,279 Acres | 47% Contained | 298 Personnel START DATE September 7, 2026 LOCATION 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming Fire Information : Moonshine Fire Inciweb Information number: (307) 295-2770 2026.moonshine@firenet.gov Incident Commanders Frederick Tucker, ICT3 John Ellington, Deputy ICT3 (t) Peter Freire, ICT3(t) Emergency mana...
InciWebPer interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine containment moved from 46% to 47%.
IRWINMOONSHINE FIRE INCIDENT UPDATE September 14, 2026 FIRE STATUS 7,170 Acres | 46% Contained | 333 Personnel START DATE September 7, 2026 LOCATION 17 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming Fire Information : Moonshine Fire Inciweb Information number: (307) 295-2770 2026.moonshine@firenet.gov Incident Commanders Frederick Tucker, ICT3 John Ellington, Deputy ICT3 (t) Peter Freire, ICT3(t) Sunday evening...
InciWebPer interagency perimeter data, the Moonshine grew 380 acres to 7,170 and containment moved from 35% to 46%.
IRWIN18 days since discovery
2 additional active fires
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: 253febb4-00df-4f5a-92a9-2bb07805125f
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