Research about the naming of wildfires (forest fires, etc.) in the United States was an attempt to track the practice since the 1700s. Until roughly World War II, only the most serious fires received widely known names–typically after the fact. Today most U.S. wildfires, tens of thousands annually, receive a name as fire suppression begins. The principal focus of this project involved classifying fire names according to the naming entity’s inspiration for each name, such as a particular creek, canyon, mountain, lake, road, settlement, or individual person. Joining Dr. Sublett on this project was daughter Jennifer A. Sublett, who works for the United States Forest Service in New Mexico. Their article, “Creeks and Peaks: Wildfire Name-Giving in the United States,” appears in Names: A Journal of Onomastics, Summer 2023, and is available to all at the website of the journal.