Teton Complex (Glade) Fire
The Teton Complex (Glade) Fire burned 2,464 acres in Wyoming, in 2000. It was discovered on August 15, 2000, and contained on October 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,464 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2000
- Contained
- October 25, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,675 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.086, -110.736.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,464 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,675 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,465 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2000, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 25, 2000, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Grand Teton National Park
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYGTP
- Part of
- Teton Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2000-WYGTP-000042
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4409911072120000815
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-261085
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- No NIFMID lnk or CN - NPS fire; GPS
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.