Windmill Fire
The Windmill Fire burned 5,261 acres in Uinta County, Wyoming, in 2010. It was discovered on September 18, 2010, and contained on September 27, 2010. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,261 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 2010
- Contained
- September 27, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,931 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.283, -110.824.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,261 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,931 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,265 acres
- Discovered
- September 18, 2010, 7:31 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 27, 2010, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Uinta County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Kemmerer Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYUIX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-WYKRD-000433
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4131511077220100918
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-615385
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Driven
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 |
| Bull Fire | 5,429 | Jul 23, 2010 | Natural |
| 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.