Bull Fire
The Bull Fire burned 5,429 acres in Teton County, Wyoming, in 2010. It was discovered on July 23, 2010, and contained on October 27, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,429 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2010
- Contained
- October 27, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,491 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.328, -110.579.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,429 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,491 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,429 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2010, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 27, 2010, 9:45 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- WY4332311054020100723
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1492406
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- GPS / Air
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orpha Fire | 25,093 | Oct 4, 2010 | Human |
| Willow Creek Fire | 9,248 | Sep 9, 2010 | Human |
| Pole Creek Stands Fire | 6,861 | Sep 7, 2010 | |
| Cooley Draw Fire | 6,102 | Sep 5, 2010 | Human |
| Antelope Fire | 5,510 | Sep 14, 2010 | Natural |
| Windmill Fire | 5,261 | Sep 18, 2010 | Human |
| 35 Mile Marker Fire | 4,907 | Aug 27, 2010 | Human |
| Geary Dome Fire | 2,879 | Aug 26, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,007 | Sep 8, 2010 | Human |
| Deep Gulch RX Escape Fire | 1,800 | Oct 6, 2010 | Human |
| South Edwards Fire | 1,245 | Oct 8, 2010 | Human |
| Albright Road Fire | 1,199 | Nov 6, 2010 | 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.