Blacktails Prescribed Fire
The Blacktails Prescribed Fire burned 1,244 acres in Wyoming, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to October 6, 1998.
- Size
- 1,244 acres
- Ignition
- October 6, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,244 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 43.697, -110.641.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,244 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 6, 1998
- State
- Wyoming
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4369711064119981006
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Wyoming in 19983
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulderlak Mvd Fire | 2,008 | May 2, 1998 | |
| Bear Gulch Fire | 1,300 | Sep 8, 1998 | Natural |
| Shipping Fire | 1,252 | Sep 9, 1998 |
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.