East Fire
The East Fire burned 18,762 acres in Wyoming, in 2003. It was discovered on August 11, 2003, and contained on October 10, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,762 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2003
- Contained
- October 10, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,216 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.506, -110.181.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,762 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,216 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 18,224 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 2003, 4:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 10, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Yellowstone National Park
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Part of
- East Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-WYYNP-000350
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4448711023820030811
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-260179
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Owner: WY
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rabbit Creek Fire | 1,663 | Oct 7, 2003 | Human |
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.