Barbeque Prescribed Fire
The Barbeque Prescribed Fire burned 2,113 acres in Wyoming, in 1996. MTBS dates its ignition to October 5, 1996.
- Size
- 2,113 acres
- Ignition
- October 5, 1996
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,113 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.854, -108.914.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,113 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 5, 1996
- State
- Wyoming
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4385410891419961005
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Wyoming in 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boner Fire | 53,930 | Sep 4, 1996 | Natural |
| Eblack Mtn Fire | 48,844 | Aug 25, 1996 | Natural |
| Bates Fire | 38,858 | Aug 25, 1996 | Natural |
| Geary D. 2 Fire | 14,700 | Aug 2, 1996 | Natural |
| Henrys Fire | 9,500 | Sep 4, 1996 | Natural |
| Cole Creek Fire | 9,290 | Sep 30, 1996 | Human |
| Willow Fire | 4,793 | Aug 25, 1996 | Natural |
| Fayette Fire | 4,500 | Oct 6, 1996 | Human |
| Coyote Fire | 4,421 | ||
| Spring Cr Fire | 4,000 | Aug 13, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,932 | Aug 8, 1996 | |
| Murphy Ridge Fire | 3,776 | Aug 5, 1996 | 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. 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.