Substation Fire
The Substation Fire burned 1,784 acres in Wyoming, in 1994. It was discovered on August 22, 1994, and contained on August 28, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,784 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 1994
- Contained
- August 28, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,020 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.150, -109.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,784 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,020 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 1994, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Rock Springs Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4108010933419940822
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-32039
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 |
| Robinson Fire | 8,482 | Sep 9, 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 |
| 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
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.