Outlaw Fire
The Outlaw Fire burned 1,329 acres in Johnson County, Wyoming, in 1999. It was discovered on August 19, 1999, and contained on August 23, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,329 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 1999
- Contained
- August 23, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,426 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.615, -107.012.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,329 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,426 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 1999, 11:59 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 23, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Johnson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4362710700019990819
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-2918
- Note on the perimeter
- burn is mix of shrub and evergreen
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkelen Fire | 20,000 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| 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 |
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.