Big Fork Fire
The Big Fork Fire burned 1,509 acres in Big Horn County, Wyoming, in 2013. It was discovered on April 27, 2013, and contained on May 2, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to April 12, 2013. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,509 acres
- Discovered
- April 27, 2013
- Contained
- May 2, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,092 acres. Point of origin as reported, 44.863, -108.295.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,509 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,092 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,509 acres
- Discovered
- April 27, 2013, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 12, 2013
- Contained
- May 2, 2013, 3:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Big Horn County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Cody Field Office
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- MTBIP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-MTBIP-001303
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4486210829520130412
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-653985
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- 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 |
| Alder Fire | 4,240 | Aug 14, 2013 | Natural |
| Burroughs Fire | 1,782 | Aug 30, 2013 | Natural |
| 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.