Leroy Fire
The Leroy Fire burned 5,410 acres in Wyoming, in 2001. It was discovered on August 27, 2001, and contained on September 12, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,410 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 2001
- Contained
- September 12, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,613 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.170, -105.258.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,410 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,613 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,357 acres
- Discovered
- August 27, 2001, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 12, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4215310529220010827
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-374043
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 |
| 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.