Clarkelen Fire
The Clarkelen Fire burned 20,000 acres in Campbell County, Wyoming, in 1999. It was discovered on October 31, 1999, and contained on November 1, 1999. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 20,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1999
- Contained
- November 1, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 21,410 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.880, -105.637.
The record
- Reported final size
- 20,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 21,410 acres
- Discovered
- October 31, 1999, 1:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 1, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Campbell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4389910558419991031
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-91984
- Note on the perimeter
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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 19996
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Fire | 10,015 | Aug 15, 1999 | |
| Antelope Fire | 10,000 | Nov 4, 1999 | Human |
| Turner Fire | 2,000 | Oct 21, 1999 | Human |
| Lower Grass 2 Fire | 1,542 | Oct 9, 1999 | |
| Battle Creek Fire | 1,355 | Oct 28, 1999 | Human |
| Outlaw Fire | 1,329 | Aug 19, 1999 | 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.