Whitetail Fire
The Whitetail Fire burned 1,250 acres in Campbell County, Wyoming, in 2012. It was discovered on September 30, 2012, and contained on October 3, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,250 acres
- Discovered
- September 30, 2012
- Contained
- October 3, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,452 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.737, -105.439.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,250 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,452 acres
- Discovered
- September 30, 2012, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 3, 2012, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Campbell County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Buffalo Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4473710543920120930
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-646608
- Note on the perimeter
- Small areas of high severity. Burn area persists in patches of evergreen vegetation through the next growing season.
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.