Mdl Enos Fire
The Mdl Enos Fire burned 13,666 acres in Wyoming, in 2000. It was discovered on July 27, 2000, and contained on August 6, 2000. MTBS dates its ignition to July 28, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 13,666 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2000
- Contained
- August 6, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,594 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.883, -108.817.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,666 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,594 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2000
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 28, 2000
- Contained
- August 6, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Reporting unit
- Worland Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4394310875520000728
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2000_WY-WOD-
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 |
| 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.