Wildfires of 2010

Deep Gulch RX Escape Fire

2010Carbon County, WyomingWildfire

The Deep Gulch RX Escape Fire burned 1,800 acres in Carbon County, Wyoming, in 2010. It was discovered on October 6, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,800 acres
Discovered
October 6, 2010
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 41.127, -107.299.

The record

Reported final size
1,800 acres
Discovered
October 6, 2010, 2:07 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Wyoming
County
Carbon County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Wyoming State Forestry
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2010-WYWSFD8741

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
Antelope Fire5,510Sep 14, 2010Natural
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
South Edwards Fire1,245Oct 8, 2010Human
Albright Road Fire1,199Nov 6, 2010Human

Every fire of 2010 Wyoming fire history

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Sources

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.