Table Mountain Fire
The Table Mountain Fire burned 1,965 acres in Platte County, Wyoming, in 2005. It was discovered on September 19, 2005, and contained on September 21, 2005. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,965 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2005
- Contained
- September 21, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,120 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.355, -105.146.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,965 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,120 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2005, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 21, 2005, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Platte County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Casper Interagency Dispatch Center
- Agency
- Interagency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4235310511020050919
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2005_WY-PLX-274
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 |
| Littlebear Fire | 3,000 | Sep 17, 2005 | Human |
| Black Mountain Fire | 2,000 | Sep 9, 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.