Stratton Fire
The Stratton Fire burned 1,216 acres in Wyoming, in 1992. It was discovered on September 22, 1992, and contained on September 25, 1992. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,216 acres
- Discovered
- September 22, 1992
- Contained
- September 25, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,732 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.417, -107.834.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,216 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,732 acres
- Discovered
- September 22, 1992, 12:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 25, 1992, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Rawlins Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4230210762119920922
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-41816
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Wyoming in 19924
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Sep 24, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,800 | Feb 27, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Oct 1, 1992 | |
| Edwards Fire | 1,477 | Mar 27, 1992 | Human |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.