77 Hill Fire
The 77 Hill Fire burned 1,815 acres in Niobrara County, Wyoming, in 2007. It was discovered on September 2, 2007, and contained on September 7, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,815 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 2007
- Contained
- September 7, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,662 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.868, -104.690.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,815 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,662 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,741 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 2007, 6:06 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 7, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Niobrara County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- New Castle Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYNIX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-WYNCD-000299
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4284910470120070902
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-550143
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine 1 Fire | 18,595 | Aug 9, 2007 | Natural |
| Bone Creek Fire | 13,450 | Aug 13, 2007 | Natural |
| Horse Creek Fire | 8,590 | Jun 21, 2007 | Human |
| Little Goose Fire | 4,742 | Aug 10, 2007 | Natural |
| Duck Creek Fire | 4,321 | Aug 12, 2007 | Natural |
| Copper Mtn Fire | 3,978 | Sep 22, 2007 | Human |
| Hardscrabble Fire | 3,074 | Aug 9, 2007 | Natural |
| Sweetwater Fire | 2,945 | Sep 2, 2007 | Natural |
| Middle Fire | 2,714 | Aug 11, 2007 | Natural |
| Salt Lick Fire | 2,582 | Jul 11, 2007 | Human |
| Wade Hill Fire | 2,445 | Jul 7, 2007 | Natural |
| Trail Creek Fire | 2,234 | Aug 12, 2007 | 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.