Wildfires of 2011

Unnamed Fire

2011Natrona County, WyomingWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 2,573 acres in Natrona County, Wyoming, in 2011. It was discovered on August 28, 2011, and contained on August 29, 2011. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
2,573 acres
Discovered
August 28, 2011
Contained
August 29, 2011
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,574 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.096, -106.338.

The record

Reported final size
2,573 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
2,574 acres
Discovered
August 28, 2011, 11:04 a.m. local time
Contained
August 29, 2011, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Wyoming
County
Natrona County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Casper Field Office
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
WYNAX
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2011-WYCAD-011295
Fire occurrence record
W-630547

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

FireAcresStartCause
Norton Point Fire24,237Jul 23, 2011Natural
Squaw Mtn Fire14,484Aug 21, 2011Natural
Thompson Fire12,000Aug 25, 2011Natural
Red Rock Complex9,670Aug 20, 2011Natural
Whoopup Fire7,462Jul 18, 2011Natural
Hole in the Wall Fire6,343Aug 21, 2011Natural
Carson Fire5,670Sep 24, 2011Human
Cheyenne River Fire5,000Aug 25, 2011Natural
Nowlin Fire4,686Aug 26, 2011Natural
Rourke Fire4,212Aug 22, 2011Natural
Christnick Fire2,670Aug 30, 2011Natural
Manning Fire2,500Aug 25, 2011Natural

Every fire of 2011 Wyoming fire history

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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.