Copper Mtn Fire
The Copper Mtn Fire burned 3,978 acres in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, in 2007. It was discovered on September 22, 2007, and contained on October 1, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,978 acres
- Discovered
- September 22, 2007
- Contained
- October 1, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,462 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.493, -108.116.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,978 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,462 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,978 acres
- Discovered
- September 22, 2007, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 1, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Hot Springs 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-000268
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4352210811320070922
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-552479
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 |
| 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 |
| Citadel Fire | 1,974 | Jun 25, 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.