Wildfire — Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming

2024-09-01 to 2024-09-30 · Teton & Gros Ventre Mountains, Wyoming

Event narrative

Please see Episode for a description.

Wider weather episode

The Fish Creek fire continued to burn across Bridger-Teton National Forest throughout the month, leading to numerous closures of US 26 over Togwotee Pass. The Pack Creek fire was started by lightning 23 miles southeast of Moran on September 15 and spread northeastward. These two fires merged toward the end of the month. By September 30th, the fires had burned over 40000 acres. Please see later Storm Data for the conclusion of these two fires.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1217164. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.