Falcon Fire
The Falcon Fire burned 4,019 acres in Wyoming, in 2001. It was discovered on August 6, 2001, and contained on November 13, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,019 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2001
- Contained
- November 13, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,048 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.109, -110.174.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,019 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,048 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,019 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2001, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 13, 2001, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYBTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-WYYNP-000127
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4412511015320010806
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-372692
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- 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 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 |
| 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.