Shingle Mill Wfu Fire
The Shingle Mill Wfu Fire burned 1,381 acres in Lincoln County, Wyoming, in 2008. It was discovered on September 15, 2008, and contained on September 15, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to September 10, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,381 acres
- Discovered
- September 15, 2008
- Contained
- September 15, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,359 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.230, -110.706.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,381 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,359 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,306 acres
- Discovered
- September 15, 2008, 10:08 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 10, 2008
- Contained
- September 15, 2008, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYBTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4222711070120080910
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1473247
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Wildland Fire for Resource Benefit fire; Aerial GPS/HD
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 | ||
| Le Hardy Fire | 10,361 | Jul 30, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,250 | Oct 30, 2008 | Human |
| 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.