Wildfires of 2000

Encampment Fire

2000Carbon County, WyomingWildfire

The Encampment Fire burned 1,956 acres in Carbon County, Wyoming, in 2000. It was discovered on August 14, 2000, and contained on August 22, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,956 acres
Discovered
August 14, 2000
Contained
August 22, 2000
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 41.153, -106.731.

The record

Reported final size
1,956 acres
Discovered
August 14, 2000, 12:15 p.m. local time
Contained
August 22, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Wyoming
County
Carbon County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Rawlins Field Office
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Part of
Encampment Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-98730

Other large fires in Wyoming in 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Katesbasin Fire137,069Aug 7, 2000Natural
Wld Horse Fire36,700Jul 3, 2000Natural
Sheep Mt Fire36,645Aug 11, 2000Natural
Fontenelle Fire14,750Aug 12, 2000Natural
Mdl Enos Fire13,666Jul 27, 2000Natural
Ormsby Fire11,042Aug 10, 2000Natural
Blind Trail Fire9,800Aug 12, 2000Natural
Co Line Fire9,798Sep 5, 2000Natural
Henderson Fire8,390Aug 19, 2000Natural
Teton Complex (Enos) Fire6,600Aug 9, 2000Natural
Wood Draw Fire6,089Aug 11, 2000Natural
Deadhorse Fire5,900Jul 29, 2000Natural

Every fire of 2000 Wyoming fire history

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Sources

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.