Ormsby Fire
The Ormsby Fire burned 1,667 acres in Wyoming, in 1995. It was discovered on September 4, 1995, and contained on September 5, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,667 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 1995
- Contained
- September 5, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,717 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.150, -106.384.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,667 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,717 acres
- Discovered
- September 4, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 5, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4315010638419950904
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25683
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 19951
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,200 | Oct 1, 1995 |
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.