Cement Fire
The Cement Fire burned 3,025 acres in Crook County, Wyoming, in 2005. It was discovered on July 23, 2005, and contained on July 27, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,025 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2005
- Contained
- July 27, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,030 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.372, -104.174.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,025 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,030 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,933 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2005, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2005, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Crook County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Black Hills National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- SDBKF
- Part of
- South Sundance Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-SDBKF-050597
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4434710418220050723
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1423128
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| Bixby Fire | 3,030 | Aug 30, 2005 | Human |
| 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
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.