Norton Point Fire
The Norton Point Fire burned 24,237 acres in Wyoming, in 2011. It was discovered on July 23, 2011, and contained on November 2, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to July 22, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 24,237 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2011
- Contained
- November 2, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,009 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.815, -109.558.
The record
- Reported final size
- 24,237 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 26,009 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 24,221 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2011, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 22, 2011
- Contained
- November 2, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Shoshone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4381510955820110722
- MTBS assessment
- Extended (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1498108
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Manning Fire | 2,500 | Aug 25, 2011 | Natural |
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.