Windmill Draw Fire
The Windmill Draw Fire burned 1,933 acres in Crook County, Wyoming, in 2009. It was discovered on August 4, 2009, and contained on August 5, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,933 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2009
- Contained
- August 5, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,892 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.226, -104.972.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,933 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,892 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2009, 3:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 5, 2009, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Crook County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Crook County
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4420810496920090804
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_WY-CRX-090422
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 |
| Bearpaw Bay Fire | 2,939 | Sep 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,056 | Mar 22, 2009 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,126 | Sep 3, 2009 |
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.