Pownell Fire
The Pownell Fire burned 6,949 acres in Campbell County, Wyoming, in 2002. It was discovered on June 28, 2002, and contained on July 1, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,949 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2002
- Contained
- July 1, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,452 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.711, -105.506.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,949 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,452 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2002, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 1, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Campbell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Buffalo Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Daley Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4470410551220020628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-112775
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 |
| 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
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.