Robinson Fire
The Robinson Fire burned 8,482 acres in Wyoming, in 1994. It was discovered on September 9, 1994, and contained on October 14, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,482 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 1994
- Contained
- October 14, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,622 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.217, -111.084.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,482 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,622 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 9,766 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 1994, 1:02 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 14, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Yellowstone National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- WYYNP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-WYYNP-000056
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4423911101819940909
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-259513
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrel Spr Fire | 13,400 | Aug 22, 1994 | Natural |
| Peterson-Elliott Fire | 7,150 | Aug 16, 1994 | Natural |
| Yellowstone Complex (Tern) Fire | 4,728 | Aug 6, 1994 | Natural |
| Squaw Mtn Fire | 3,630 | Jun 30, 1994 | Natural |
| Yellowstone Complex (Raven) Fire | 3,000 | Aug 12, 1994 | Natural |
| Deckard Fire | 2,200 | Sep 1, 1994 | Natural |
| Substation Fire | 1,784 | Aug 22, 1994 | Natural |
| Brome Fire | 1,665 | Aug 6, 1994 | Natural |
| 17 Mile 6 Fire | 1,344 | Jul 5, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,280 | Jul 4, 1994 | |
| Row Fire | 1,077 | Aug 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 670 | Sep 10, 1994 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.