Alkali Rim Prescribed Fire
The Alkali Rim Prescribed Fire burned 1,084 acres in Wyoming, in 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to September 17, 2001.
- Size
- 1,084 acres
- Ignition
- September 17, 2001
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,084 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 44.003, -107.352.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,084 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 17, 2001
- State
- Wyoming
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4400310735220010917
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Wyoming in 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain 2 Fire | 14,990 | Jul 30, 2001 | Natural |
| Leroy Fire | 5,410 | Aug 27, 2001 | Natural |
| Thunder Ch Fire | 5,207 | Jul 28, 2001 | Natural |
| Green Knoll Fire | 4,470 | Jul 22, 2001 | Human |
| Falcon Fire | 4,019 | Aug 6, 2001 | Natural |
| Kaye Field Fire | 3,798 | Jul 30, 2001 | Natural |
| Sulphur Fire | 3,750 | Aug 15, 2001 | Natural |
| Renner Dra Fire | 2,974 | Aug 18, 2001 | Natural |
| Arthur Fire | 2,850 | Jul 29, 2001 | Natural |
| Dinwoody Fire | 2,432 | Jul 31, 2001 | Human |
| Beaver Rim Fire | 1,927 | Jul 4, 2001 | Natural |
| Mcfarland Fire | 1,471 | Sep 5, 2001 | 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. 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.