Elk Mountain 2 Fire
The Elk Mountain 2 Fire burned 14,990 acres in Wyoming, in 2001. It was discovered on July 30, 2001, and contained on August 8, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 14,990 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2001
- Contained
- August 8, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,748 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.712, -104.083.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,990 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,748 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 13,196 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2001, 5:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Black Hills National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- SDBKF
- Part of
- Elk Mountain Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4373810408120010730
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-371135
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Casper Cre Fire | 1,354 | Sep 4, 2001 | 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.