Converse 12 Fire
The Converse 12 Fire burned 500 acres in Converse County, Wyoming, in 2011. It was discovered on August 31, 2011, and contained on August 31, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 500 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 2011
- Contained
- August 31, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,852 acres, mapped by image interpretation. Point of origin as reported, 43.326, -105.769.
The record
- Reported final size
- 500 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,852 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 31, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Converse County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYCOX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-627626
- 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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Point Fire | 24,237 | Jul 23, 2011 | Natural |
| Squaw Mtn Fire | 14,484 | Aug 21, 2011 | Natural |
| Thompson Fire | 12,000 | Aug 25, 2011 | Natural |
| Red Rock Complex | 9,670 | Aug 20, 2011 | Natural |
| Whoopup Fire | 7,462 | Jul 18, 2011 | Natural |
| Hole in the Wall Fire | 6,343 | Aug 21, 2011 | Natural |
| Carson Fire | 5,670 | Sep 24, 2011 | Human |
| Cheyenne River Fire | 5,000 | Aug 25, 2011 | Natural |
| Nowlin Fire | 4,686 | Aug 26, 2011 | Natural |
| Rourke Fire | 4,212 | Aug 22, 2011 | Natural |
| Christnick Fire | 2,670 | Aug 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,573 | Aug 28, 2011 | 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. 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.