Half Moon Fire
The Half Moon Fire burned 915 acres in Wyoming, in 2000. It was discovered on August 12, 2000, and contained on August 28, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 915 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2000
- Contained
- August 28, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,008 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.934, -109.712.
The record
- Reported final size
- 915 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,008 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,067 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYBTF
- Part of
- Half Moon Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4293710970620000812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-358658
- Perimeter map method
- Remote Sensing Data - National Level
- Note on the perimeter
- Burn severity
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katesbasin Fire | 137,069 | Aug 7, 2000 | Natural |
| Wld Horse Fire | 36,700 | Jul 3, 2000 | Natural |
| Sheep Mt Fire | 36,645 | Aug 11, 2000 | Natural |
| Fontenelle Fire | 14,750 | Aug 12, 2000 | Natural |
| Mdl Enos Fire | 13,666 | Jul 27, 2000 | Natural |
| Ormsby Fire | 11,042 | Aug 10, 2000 | Natural |
| Blind Trail Fire | 9,800 | Aug 12, 2000 | Natural |
| Co Line Fire | 9,798 | Sep 5, 2000 | Natural |
| Henderson Fire | 8,390 | Aug 19, 2000 | Natural |
| Teton Complex (Enos) Fire | 6,600 | Aug 9, 2000 | Natural |
| Wood Draw Fire | 6,089 | Aug 11, 2000 | Natural |
| Deadhorse Fire | 5,900 | Jul 29, 2000 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.