Wildfires of 2003

East Table Fire

2003WyomingWildfire

The East Table Fire burned 3,599 acres in Wyoming, in 2003. It was discovered on July 12, 2003, and contained on July 29, 2003. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.

Size
3,599 acres
Discovered
July 12, 2003
Contained
July 29, 2003
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,041 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.205, -110.806.

The record

Reported final size
3,599 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,041 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
3,620 acres
Discovered
July 12, 2003, 4:50 p.m. local time
Contained
July 29, 2003, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Recreation and ceremony
State
Wyoming
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Bridger-Teton National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
WYBTF
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
WY4320011076420030712
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-389182
Perimeter map method
GPS - Uncorrected Data
Note on the perimeter
GPS

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

FireAcresStartCause
East Fire18,762Aug 11, 2003Natural
Boulder Basin II Fire10,953Aug 19, 2003Natural
Little Horn II Fire7,400Aug 9, 2003Natural
Deep Lake Fire6,980Jul 16, 2003Natural
Norris Fire5,425Aug 12, 2003Natural
Grizzly Fire5,000Aug 2, 2003Natural
Big Spring Fire3,338Jul 19, 2003Natural
Moss Ridge Wfu Fire3,055Aug 17, 2003Natural
Blacktail Fire2,650Aug 10, 2003Natural
Copper Fire2,500Aug 15, 2003Natural
Four Mile Fire2,000Aug 14, 2003Natural
Rabbit Creek Fire1,663Oct 7, 2003Human

Every fire of 2003 Wyoming fire history

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.