Sheep Mt Fire
The Sheep Mt Fire burned 36,645 acres in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, in 2000. It was discovered on August 11, 2000, and contained on September 15, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 36,645 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2000
- Contained
- September 15, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 31,386 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.245, -109.317.
The record
- Reported final size
- 36,645 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 31,386 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2000, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Sweetwater County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Rock Springs Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4125210924520000811
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-97071
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 |
| 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.