Spring Cr Fire
The Spring Cr Fire burned 4,000 acres in Wyoming, in 1996. It was discovered on August 13, 1996, and contained on August 14, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 1996
- Contained
- August 14, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,675 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.383, -104.850.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,675 acres
- Discovered
- August 13, 1996, 12:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 14, 1996, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4236910483419960813
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-20635
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 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 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 3,932 | Aug 8, 1996 | |
| Murphy Ridge Fire | 3,776 | Aug 5, 1996 | Natural |
| Nbrokenbac Fire | 3,741 | Aug 25, 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. 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.