Wildfires of 2010

Antelope Fire

2010WyomingWildfire

The Antelope Fire burned 5,510 acres in Wyoming, in 2010. It was discovered on September 14, 2010, and contained on October 24, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
5,510 acres
Discovered
September 14, 2010
Contained
October 24, 2010
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,886 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.837, -110.370.

The record

Reported final size
5,510 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
4,886 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
5,509 acres
Discovered
September 14, 2010, 2:55 p.m. local time
Contained
October 24, 2010, 4:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
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
2010-WYYNP-001011
MTBS fire identifier
WY4484611038620100914
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-615177
Perimeter map method
Differential 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 201012

FireAcresStartCause
Orpha Fire25,093Oct 4, 2010Human
Willow Creek Fire9,248Sep 9, 2010Human
Pole Creek Stands Fire6,861Sep 7, 2010
Cooley Draw Fire6,102Sep 5, 2010Human
Bull Fire5,429Jul 23, 2010Natural
Windmill Fire5,261Sep 18, 2010Human
35 Mile Marker Fire4,907Aug 27, 2010Human
Geary Dome Fire2,879Aug 26, 2010Human
Unnamed Fire2,007Sep 8, 2010Human
Deep Gulch RX Escape Fire1,800Oct 6, 2010Human
South Edwards Fire1,245Oct 8, 2010Human
Albright Road Fire1,199Nov 6, 2010Human

Every fire of 2010 Wyoming fire history

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.