Fish Creek #2 Fire
The Fish Creek #2 Fire burned 1,000 acres in Platte County, Wyoming, in 2012. It was discovered on June 27, 2012, and contained on June 28, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2012
- Contained
- June 28, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,166 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.284, -105.194.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,166 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 28, 2012, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Platte County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4228410519420120627
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1504097
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
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.