Old Chicago Fire
The Old Chicago Fire burned 13,882 acres in Platte County, Wyoming, in 2006. It was discovered on June 13, 2006, and contained on June 22, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to July 27, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 13,882 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2006
- Contained
- June 22, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 25,198 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.413, -104.823.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,882 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 25,198 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 13,893 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2006, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 27, 2006
- Contained
- June 22, 2006, 12:11 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Platte County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYCPS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-WYCAD-000132
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4239310474320060727
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-530347
- Perimeter map method
- Hand Sketch
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Venus Fire | 34,581 | Jun 23, 2006 | Natural |
| Buffalo Creek Fire | 29,966 | Jul 13, 2006 | Natural |
| Purdy Fire | 16,906 | Aug 5, 2006 | Natural |
| Sawmill Fire | 16,503 | Jul 18, 2006 | Natural |
| Thorn Divide Complex | 14,886 | Jul 13, 2006 | Natural |
| Old Chicago Fire | 13,317 | ||
| Outlaw 2 Fire | 12,309 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| Buffalo Creek - Dooley Fire | 11,981 | ||
| Jackson Canyon Fire | 11,765 | Aug 14, 2006 | Natural |
| Twenty Mile Fire | 11,083 | Jul 16, 2006 | Natural |
| Buffalo Creek - North Buffalo Creek Fire | 11,002 | ||
| Trailer Fire | 8,416 | Aug 23, 2006 | Human |
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.