Wildfire, Fremont
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM MST to July 15, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Fremont County, 10 mi W of Ft Washakie
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 43.041, -108.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Wyoming, July 1 to 15, 2002
The South Fork Two wildfire was started by lightning. The fire burned 15,000 acres.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RIW wrote it up.
The South Fork Two wildfire was started by lightning. The fire burned 15,000 acres.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 1:36 PM MST, 10 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:36 PM MST, 10 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 236 PM MDT SUN JUN 30 2002 A QUIET DAY ACROSS THE CWFA WITH CLR WX. TEMPS A FEW DEGREES COOLER WITH CPR REPORTING THE HIGHEST READING OF 96 AT 20Z. LOOKS LIKE ZONAL FLOW FLOW AT DRY WX THROUGH WED WITH FLOW BACKING A LITTLE TO THE SW BY 03/00Z. ALSO...LITTLE MOISTURE THROUGH THE PERIOD...SO MAINLY CLR WX. FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL GO DRY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY AND FRI AND THEN A SLIGHT CHC OF TSRA FOR SAT AND SUN AS MOISTURE MAY GET ENTRAINED IN INCREASING SW FLOW AHEAD OF NE MOVING PACIFIC NW LOW AS UPPER HIGH SHIFTS EAST TO S PLAINS. RED FLAG WARNING MONDAY FOR CWFA...EXCEPT NORTHWEST WY...DUE TO WARM TEMPS...VERY LOW RH AND SOUTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH. .RIW...NONE. MC
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Heat in Illinois, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, July 1 to 6, 2002
- Heat in Michigan, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Heat in Maryland, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Rip Current in Florida, July 1, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, July 1, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 2, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, July 1, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 4, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 17, 2002
- Wildfire in Colorado, July 1 to 10, 2002
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, July 2002
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5303368.