Mcfarland Fire
The Mcfarland Fire burned 1,471 acres in Crook County, Wyoming, in 2001. It was discovered on September 5, 2001, and contained on September 8, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,471 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2001
- Contained
- September 8, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,503 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.435, -104.751.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,471 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,503 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2001, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 8, 2001, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Crook County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4442610477320010905
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-105034
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 |
| 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 |
| Casper Cre Fire | 1,354 | Sep 4, 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. 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.