Fish Creek Fire near Laramie prompts evacuations, acreage estimates drop
Evacuation orders stayed active near Fish Creek Ranch as county estimates put the Fish Creek Fire at 25 to 30 acres, far below an early 100-acre estimate.
Evacuation orders were active July 22 as the Fish Creek Fire burned near Fish Creek Ranch, putting Tie Siding and other south Albany County residents in the direct path of an unfolding wildfire response. The Albany County Sheriff’s Office said the area around the ranch was under evacuation, while county officials worked to keep people out of the danger zone and get a clearer read on the blaze.
The size of the fire shifted as crews gathered better information from the field. Watch Duty first listed the fire at about 100 acres, then revised that estimate to about 30 acres. Albany County Emergency Management was reporting roughly 25 to 30 acres, a gap that underscored how quickly early wildfire numbers can change when smoke, wind and terrain limit visibility.
Officials also said power restoration was underway, signaling that the incident had begun affecting more than just the burn area itself. For ranch operations, rural homes and visitors around Fish Creek Ranch, the immediate issues were access, safety and whether utility service could be brought back while the evacuation order remained in place. A Watch Duty incident page identified the evacuation area as all residents within a two-mile radius of Fish Creek Ranch and the Cherokee Park area.
The sheriff’s office and emergency management updates placed the fire in one of Albany County’s most exposed wildland-adjacent corridors, south of Laramie and near the Colorado border. Oil City News had reported July 21 that south Albany County residents were evacuated as a 10-acre fire sprang up near the state line, showing that fire activity had already been building in the same part of the county before the Fish Creek Fire update.
Later follow-up shifted the picture again. A Laramie Live post summarizing an Albany County Sheriff’s Office update said the Fish Creek Fire was contained at 17 acres, with the U.S. Forest Service continuing to monitor it. That update said smoke and flames would still be visible from Highway 287, keeping the corridor around Fish Creek Ranch in view even after the immediate evacuation response eased.
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