Guernsey State Park Fire
The Guernsey State Park Fire burned 2,810 acres in Platte County, Wyoming, in 2012. It was discovered on June 9, 2012, and contained on June 16, 2012. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 2,810 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2012
- Contained
- June 16, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,529 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.284, -104.755.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,810 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,529 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,832 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2012, 4:48 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 16, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Platte County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYPLX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-WYCAD-012078
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4229810478320120609
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-638620
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. 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.