• Lower Falls of the Yellowstone.

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

Wildland Fire Activity in the Park

See 2013 Fire Map (jpg) for names, locations and status of fires during the current season. For more information about fire conditions, restrictions and recent activity, see our news page, or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Wildland Fire Program

Our Wildland Fire Program pages explain how fires are managed within the park, and contain a wealth of information on fire ecology and the role that fire plays in the ecosystem.

 

Fire Activity During the Current Season

ID # Name of Fire Start
Date
Current
Status
Size
(acres)

1301 Lewis Falls 6/13 uncontained/monitoring 0.1

See Yellowstone's Archived Fire Reports for past fire activity through 1999.

Where to get more information on active fires

1. InciWeb (an interagency system that tracks fire-related incidents across the U.S.),
2. Yellowstone's Twitter page
3. News pages

The Teton Fire page provides additional info about other fires burning in the Greater Yellowstone Basin.

For questions about fires while visiting the park, contact Visitor Services.

Did You Know?

Lake Trout Illustration

Lake trout are an invasive species of fish that is decimating the native cutthroat trout population in Yellowstone Lake.