Blackwater Fire
The Blackwater Fire burned 1,462 acres in Wyoming, in 2003. It was discovered on August 16, 2003, and contained on September 3, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,462 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2003
- Contained
- September 3, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,468 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.387, -109.766.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,462 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,468 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,462 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2003, 4:03 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 3, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Shoshone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Part of
- Blackwater Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4439510976120030816
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-393344
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- Managed as Confinement
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 |
| Big Spring Fire | 3,338 | Jul 19, 2003 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.