Sawmill Canyon Fire
The Sawmill Canyon Fire burned 14,140 acres in Platte County, Wyoming, in 2012. It was discovered on July 14, 2012, and contained on July 22, 2012. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 14,140 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2012
- Contained
- July 22, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,427 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.396, -104.860.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,140 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,427 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 14,151 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2012, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 22, 2012, 7:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Platte County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Casper Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYCPS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-WYCAD-012200
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4239610486020120714
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-640732
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Note on the perimeter
- Cause by military explosives (training)
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 |
| 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.