Odegard Fire
The Odegard Fire burned 1,268 acres in Campbell County, Wyoming, in 2007. It was discovered on August 12, 2007, and contained on August 14, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,268 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2007
- Contained
- August 14, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,187 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.706, -105.962.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,268 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,187 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2007, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 14, 2007, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Campbell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Buffalo Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4471810597520070812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-547717
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
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.