Bear Mountain Complex
The Bear Mountain Complex burned 8,796 acres in Carbon County, Wyoming, in 2012. It was discovered on July 27, 2012, and contained on August 24, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,796 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2012
- Contained
- August 24, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,197 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.259, -107.197.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,796 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,197 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2012, 10:48 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Carbon County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Rawlins Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Bear Mountain Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4225910719620120727
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-647623
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapaho Fire | 98,115 | Jun 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Fontenelle Fire | 65,220 | Jun 24, 2012 | Human |
| Oil Creek Fire | 61,416 | Jun 29, 2012 | Human |
| Alpine Lake Fire | 45,877 | Aug 9, 2012 | Natural |
| North Buffalo Fire | 29,950 | Aug 24, 2012 | Human |
| Cato Fire | 27,677 | Jun 25, 2012 | Natural |
| Sheep Herder Hill Complex | 15,556 | Sep 9, 2012 | Human |
| Sawmill Canyon Fire | 14,140 | Jul 14, 2012 | Human |
| Squirrel Creek Fire | 10,517 | Jun 30, 2012 | Human |
| Cow Camp Fire | 8,334 | Jun 4, 2012 | Natural |
| Gilead Fire | 8,189 | Aug 14, 2012 | Natural |
| Bear Cub Fire | 6,493 | Jul 3, 2012 | Natural |
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.