Flaming Der Fire
The Flaming Der Fire burned 982 acres in Wyoming, in 1997. It was discovered on July 10, 1997, and contained on July 13, 1997. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 982 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 1997
- Contained
- July 13, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,081 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.026, -108.899.
The record
- Reported final size
- 982 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,081 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 1997, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 13, 1997, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Wind River Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4302610889919970710
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-369484
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 19971
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dewey 2 Fire | 4,415 | Aug 31, 1997 | Human |
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.