Blue Bank 2 Fire
The Blue Bank 2 Fire burned 1,089 acres in Washakie County, Wyoming, in 2007. It was discovered on September 29, 2007, and contained on October 7, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,089 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2007
- Contained
- October 7, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,984 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.779, -107.614.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,089 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,984 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,089 acres
- Discovered
- September 29, 2007, 3:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 7, 2007, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Washakie County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Worland Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYWOD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-WYWOD-000271
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4374910760920070929
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-552484
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.