Pass Creek Fire
The Pass Creek Fire burned 13,433 acres in Fremont County, Wyoming, in 2002. It was discovered on August 24, 2002, and contained on September 10, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 13,433 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2002
- Contained
- September 10, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,752 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.621, -108.791.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,433 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,752 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 13,435 acres
- Discovered
- August 24, 2002, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2002, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Fremont County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Shoshone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4263710873020020824
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-380581
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
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 |
| 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 |
| Mule Fire | 3,400 | Jul 11, 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.