Rosetta Lane Fire
The Rosetta Lane Fire burned 3,014 acres in Laramie County, Wyoming, in 2004. It was discovered on January 27, 2004, and contained on January 27, 2004.
- Size
- 3,014 acres
- Discovered
- January 27, 2004
- Contained
- January 27, 2004
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,160 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.019, -104.774.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,014 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,160 acres
- Discovered
- January 27, 2004, 1:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 27, 2004, 8:19 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Laramie County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Casper Interagency Dispatch Center
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4101910477420040127
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2004_WY-LAX-003
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 |
| Basin Draw Fire | 4,700 | Aug 31, 2004 | 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.