Le Hardy Fire
The Le Hardy Fire burned 10,361 acres in Wyoming, in 2008. It was discovered on July 30, 2008, and contained on October 10, 2008. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 10,361 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2008
- Contained
- October 10, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,218 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.350, -110.230.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,361 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,218 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 9,611 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2008, 1:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 10, 2008, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Yellowstone National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- WYYNP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-WYYNP-000803
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4460711036020080730
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-581561
- Perimeter map method
- Differential GPS
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 20086
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunbarrel Fire | 68,148 | Jul 26, 2008 | Natural |
| New Fork Fire | 15,089 | Jul 29, 2008 | Human |
| Gunbarrel Fire | 13,098 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 2,250 | Oct 30, 2008 | Human |
| Shingle Mill Wfu Fire | 1,381 | Sep 15, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Oct 30, 2008 | Human |
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.