Big Spring Fire
The Big Spring Fire burned 3,338 acres in Johnson County, Wyoming, in 2003. It was discovered on July 19, 2003, and contained on August 14, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,338 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2003
- Contained
- August 14, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,320 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.084, -106.798.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,338 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,320 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2003, 8:25 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 14, 2003, 2:56 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Johnson County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Buffalo Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4407610682620030719
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-117525
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Fire | 18,762 | Aug 11, 2003 | Natural |
| Boulder Basin II Fire | 10,953 | Aug 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Little Horn II Fire | 7,400 | Aug 9, 2003 | Natural |
| Deep Lake Fire | 6,980 | Jul 16, 2003 | Natural |
| Norris Fire | 5,425 | Aug 12, 2003 | Natural |
| Grizzly Fire | 5,000 | Aug 2, 2003 | Natural |
| East Table Fire | 3,599 | Jul 12, 2003 | Human |
| Moss Ridge Wfu Fire | 3,055 | Aug 17, 2003 | Natural |
| Blacktail Fire | 2,650 | Aug 10, 2003 | Natural |
| Copper Fire | 2,500 | Aug 15, 2003 | Natural |
| Four Mile Fire | 2,000 | Aug 14, 2003 | Natural |
| Rabbit Creek Fire | 1,663 | Oct 7, 2003 | Human |
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.