Horsley Fire
The Horsley Fire burned 11,824 acres in Wyoming, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to August 14, 1991.
- Size
- 11,824 acres
- Ignition
- August 14, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,824 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 44.860, -106.353.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,824 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 14, 1991
- State
- Wyoming
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4485810631719910814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Wyoming in 19913
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Cottonwood Fire | 6,991 | Oct 15, 1991 | |
| Mudsprings Fire | 2,187 | Oct 7, 1991 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,002 | Oct 16, 1991 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.