Windmill Fire
The Windmill Fire burned 1,050 acres in Platte County, Wyoming, in 2005. It was discovered on September 3, 2005, and contained on September 4, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,050 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2005
- Contained
- September 4, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,103 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.934, -105.176.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,050 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,103 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 2005, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 4, 2005, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Platte County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Casper Interagency Dispatch Center
- Agency
- Interagency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4194810518420050903
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2005_WY-PLX-247
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 |
| 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 |
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.