Wyoming Wildfire, Smoke, and Air Quality Map
Wyoming's fire activity divides between its high timbered ranges and its broad sagebrush basins. This page tracks the live layers most relevant to Wyoming conditions.
Current conditions snapshot
- Wildfires
- 4 active mapped fires attributed to Wyoming, about 1,177 acres total. Largest: Montgomery Draw (536 acres, 100% contained)
- Red flag warnings
- 52 Red Flag Warning zones in or near the Wyoming map area.
- Smoke
- Heavy smoke over parts of the Wyoming map area in the latest NOAA analysis (2026-08-09).
- Fire weather
- An SPC elevated fire weather outlook touches the Wyoming map area today.
- Drought
- Parts of the Wyoming map area are extreme drought (D3) on this week's U.S. Drought Monitor.
- Air quality
- No AirNow forecast published for Wyoming reporting areas right now.
- River gauges
- No gauges reporting flood conditions in the Wyoming map area.
Data as of Aug 10, 3:20 PM MDT. Sources: NIFC, NWS, NOAA, EPA AirNow, U.S. Drought Monitor. Map areas are rectangular and overlap neighboring states; open the live map for exact locations.
Fire season and landscape
The season typically peaks July through September in the mountains, while wind-driven grass and sage fires in the basins can happen well outside those months. Afternoon wind is the recurring variable in most Wyoming fire weather.
The Bridger-Teton, Shoshone, Bighorn, and Medicine Bow national forests hold the state's timber country, wrapped around Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. Smoke from fires across the northern Rockies funnels through Wyoming's basins, so regional activity shows up in local air quality even when the state itself is quiet.
- Most Wyoming fire weather risk comes from wind; the red flag layer shows the days warnings are in effect.
- The Yellowstone plateau's fire history makes the burn scar layer a useful backdrop for trip planning in the northwest corner.
- SNOTEL stations in the Wind Rivers and Bighorns feed the snowpack layer, which frames the following summer's outlook.
Official Wyoming sources
Layer guides for Wyoming conditions
Informational only. Not an emergency alert service. Data comes from government sources that can lag, drop, or be wrong at any time. In an emergency call 911 and follow your local authorities. Field Risk Systems is not affiliated with any government agency. See the terms of use and privacy notice.
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