Littlebear Fire
The Littlebear Fire burned 3,000 acres in Wyoming, in 2005. It was discovered on September 17, 2005, and contained on September 17, 2005. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2005
- Contained
- September 17, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,122 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.546, -104.884.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,122 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2005, 4:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 17, 2005, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4153810484020050917
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-513474
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 |
| Cement Fire | 3,025 | Jul 23, 2005 | Natural |
| 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.