Willow Creek Fire
The Willow Creek Fire burned 9,248 acres in Converse County, Wyoming, in 2010. It was discovered on September 9, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 9,248 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,703 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.996, -105.222.
The record
- Reported final size
- 9,248 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,703 acres
- Discovered
- September 9, 2010, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Converse County
- Reporting unit
- Converse County
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4301110515220100909
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2010_WY-COX-10243
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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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.