Elk Butte Fire
The Elk Butte Fire burned 1,002 acres in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, in 2012. It was discovered on September 5, 2012, and contained on September 16, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,002 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2012
- Contained
- September 16, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,002 acres, mapped by gps-flight. Point of origin as reported, 41.203, -108.966.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,002 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,002 acres
- Discovered
- September 5, 2012, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 16, 2012, 10:43 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Sweetwater County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Rock Springs Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYRSD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-WYRSD-000380
- Fire occurrence record
- W-646290
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 |
| Bear Mountain Complex | 8,796 | Jul 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Cow Camp Fire | 8,334 | Jun 4, 2012 | Natural |
| Gilead Fire | 8,189 | Aug 14, 2012 | 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. 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.