Basin Draw Fire
The Basin Draw Fire burned 4,700 acres in Crook County, Wyoming, in 2004. It was discovered on August 31, 2004. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,700 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,655 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.662, -104.268.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,700 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,655 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 2004, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Crook County
- Reporting unit
- Crook County
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4468010427020040831
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2004_WY-CRX-000659
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 20043
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 6,400 | Jan 27, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,020 | Jun 22, 2004 | Human |
| Rosetta Lane Fire | 3,014 | Jan 27, 2004 |
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.