Thunder Ch Fire
The Thunder Ch Fire burned 5,207 acres in Sheridan County, Wyoming, in 2001. It was discovered on July 28, 2001, and contained on August 2, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,207 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2001
- Contained
- August 2, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,537 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.946, -106.980.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,207 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,537 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 2001, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 2, 2001, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Sheridan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Thunder Child Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4491110701420010728
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-103197
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 |
| 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
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.