Citadel Fire
The Citadel Fire burned 1,974 acres in Park County, Wyoming, in 2007. It was discovered on June 25, 2007, and contained on July 10, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,974 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2007
- Contained
- July 10, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,655 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.322, -109.538.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,974 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,655 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,002 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2007, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 10, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Park County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Shoshone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4426210947320070625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1452207
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
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.