Gunsight Fire
The Gunsight Fire burned 3,257 acres in Teton County, Wyoming, in 2009. It was discovered on September 27, 2009, and contained on October 29, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,257 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 2009
- Contained
- October 29, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,305 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.633, -110.297.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,257 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,305 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,274 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 2009, 11:22 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 29, 2009, 1:21 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Teton County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYBTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4363911028320090927
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1482991
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Minimal suppression actions taken; GPS
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 |
| Bearpaw Bay Fire | 2,939 | Sep 2, 2009 | Natural |
| 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.