Bixby Fire
The Bixby Fire burned 3,030 acres in Converse County, Wyoming, in 2005. It was discovered on August 30, 2005, and contained on August 31, 2005. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 3,030 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 2005
- Contained
- August 31, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,895 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.844, -105.780.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,030 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,895 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 2005, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 31, 2005, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Converse County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4284210570920050830
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-509715
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 20059
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge Fire | 3,500 | Jul 23, 2005 | Natural |
| Cement Fire | 3,025 | Jul 23, 2005 | Natural |
| Littlebear Fire | 3,000 | Sep 17, 2005 | Human |
| Black Mountain Fire | 2,000 | Sep 9, 2005 | Human |
| Table Mountain Fire | 1,965 | Sep 19, 2005 | Human |
| Devils Slide Fire | 1,567 | Jul 13, 2005 | Human |
| Sage Hen Fire | 1,271 | Jul 15, 2005 | Natural |
| Richeau Hills 2 Fire | 1,082 | Nov 2, 2005 | Human |
| Windmill Fire | 1,050 | Sep 3, 2005 | Natural |
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.