Fontenelle Fire
The Fontenelle Fire burned 65,220 acres in Lincoln County, Wyoming, in 2012. It was discovered on June 24, 2012, and contained on October 23, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 65,220 acres
- Discovered
- June 24, 2012
- Contained
- October 23, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 58,079 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.434, -110.601.
The record
- Reported final size
- 65,220 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 58,079 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 64,220 acres
- Discovered
- June 24, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 23, 2012, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Bridger-Teton National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYBTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-WYPDD-000006
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4243611062020120624
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1505774
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- GPS/Air
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 |
| 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 |
| Bear Cub Fire | 6,493 | Jul 3, 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. 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.