Mule Fire
The Mule Fire burned 3,400 acres in Wyoming, in 2002. It was discovered on July 11, 2002, and contained on August 15, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,400 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2002
- Contained
- August 15, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,934 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.960, -110.539.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,934 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,818 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 2002, 6:00 p.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
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4294811046520020711
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-381923
- Perimeter map method
- Remote Sensing Data - National Level
- Note on the perimeter
- Burn severity
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reese Fire | 18,677 | Jun 27, 2002 | Natural |
| South Fork II Fire | 15,000 | Jun 30, 2002 | Natural |
| Hensel Fire | 14,855 | Jun 7, 2002 | Natural |
| Pass Creek Fire | 13,433 | Aug 24, 2002 | Natural |
| Pepper Fire | 13,200 | Jul 23, 2002 | Natural |
| Broad Fire | 9,140 | Jun 27, 2002 | Natural |
| Pownell Fire | 6,949 | Jun 28, 2002 | Natural |
| Hairy Fire | 5,321 | Jun 29, 2002 | Natural |
| Tollman Fire | 5,025 | Aug 2, 2002 | Natural |
| Phlox Fire | 3,600 | Aug 10, 2002 | Natural |
| Commisary Fire | 3,561 | Aug 29, 2002 | Natural |
| Cabin Crk Fire | 2,622 | Aug 6, 2002 | 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.