Katesbasin Fire
The Katesbasin Fire burned 137,069 acres in Wyoming, in 2000. It was discovered on August 7, 2000, and contained on August 28, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 137,069 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2000
- Contained
- August 28, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 141,297 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.303, -108.592.
The record
- Reported final size
- 137,069 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 141,297 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2000, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2000, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Wind River Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Part of
- Kate's Basin Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4354410851720000807
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-369740
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Boulder Fire | 4,500 | Jul 31, 2000 | 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.