Alder Fire
The Alder Fire burned 4,240 acres in Wyoming, in 2013. It was discovered on August 14, 2013, and contained on October 3, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,240 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2013
- Contained
- October 3, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,259 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.343, -110.311.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,240 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,259 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,237 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2013, 8:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 3, 2013, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Yellowstone National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- WYYNP
- Part of
- Druid Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-WYYNP-001310
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4434311031120130814
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-660231
- Perimeter map method
- Heads-up Digitized
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 20137
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardluck Fire | 24,515 | Jul 20, 2013 | Natural |
| Cow Camp Fire | 8,500 | Jun 10, 2013 | Natural |
| Alum Fire | 7,299 | Aug 14, 2013 | Natural |
| Burroughs Fire | 1,782 | Aug 30, 2013 | Natural |
| Big Fork Fire | 1,509 | Apr 27, 2013 | Human |
| Fairfield Fire | 1,335 | Jul 22, 2013 | Natural |
| Green Fire | 1,065 | Aug 3, 2013 | 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.