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Ward Gultch

Albany, WY · Undetermined

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

1

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 6, 2026

Discovered

1h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Sheep Mountain Game Refuge National Game Refuge

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NCA / WY

11.1 mi

SE

Medicine Bow National Forest

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National Forest / WY

11.6 mi

NW

Savage Run Wilderness

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Wilderness / WY

16.8 mi

SW

Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WY

19.1 mi

SE

Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WY

21 mi

E

Platte River Wilderness

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Wilderness / WY

21.6 mi

SW

Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / WY

25.1 mi

SE

Encampment River Wilderness

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Wilderness / WY

38 mi

SW

Rawah Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

43.3 mi

S

Huston Park Wilderness

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Wilderness / WY

46.8 mi

W

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / CO

48.2 mi

S

Mount Zirkel Wilderness

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Wilderness / CO

49.5 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Ward Gultch update: 1 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Ward Gultch was remapped 0 acres lower to 1.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 6Now

0 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: 6f7e93aa-4729-4717-9a6c-81b983823bfb

Important

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