Bearpaw Bay Fire
The Bearpaw Bay Fire burned 2,939 acres in Wyoming, in 2009. It was discovered on September 2, 2009, and contained on October 31, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,939 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 2009
- Contained
- October 31, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,960 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.838, -110.714.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,939 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,960 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,914 acres
- Discovered
- September 2, 2009, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 31, 2009, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Grand Teton National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- WYGTP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-WYGTP-009049
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4382611069920090902
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-597292
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- 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 20095
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnica Fire | 10,700 | Sep 23, 2009 | Natural |
| Gunsight Fire | 3,257 | Sep 27, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,056 | Mar 22, 2009 | |
| Windmill Draw Fire | 1,933 | Aug 4, 2009 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,126 | Sep 3, 2009 |
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.