Wildfires of 2000

Spring Mnt Fire

2000WyomingWildfire

The Spring Mnt Fire burned 1,755 acres in Wyoming, in 2000. It was discovered on September 17, 2000, and contained on September 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,755 acres
Discovered
September 17, 2000
Contained
September 25, 2000
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,819 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.619, -109.052.

The record

Reported final size
1,755 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,819 acres
Discovered
September 17, 2000, 12:35 p.m. local time
Contained
September 25, 2000, 6:00 p.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
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
WY4362810904920000917
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-369757

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

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

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.