Walker Fire
The Walker Fire burned 10,015 acres in Wyoming, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to August 15, 1999.
- Size
- 10,015 acres
- Ignition
- August 15, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,015 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 42.898, -105.166.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,015 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 15, 1999
- State
- Wyoming
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4289810516719990815
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Wyoming in 19996
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkelen Fire | 20,000 | Oct 31, 1999 | Human |
| 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. 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.