Cooley Draw Fire
The Cooley Draw Fire burned 6,102 acres in Niobrara County, Wyoming, in 2010. It was discovered on September 5, 2010, and contained on September 9, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,102 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2010
- Contained
- September 9, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,012 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.915, -104.812.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,102 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,012 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,107 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2010, 1:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 9, 2010, 3:52 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Niobrara County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- New Castle Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYNIX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-WYNCD-010223
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4293010473820100905
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-612318
- Perimeter map method
- Image Interpretation
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 | |
| Antelope Fire | 5,510 | Sep 14, 2010 | Natural |
| Bull Fire | 5,429 | Jul 23, 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.