Burroughs Fire
The Burroughs Fire burned 1,782 acres in Fremont County, Wyoming, in 2013. It was discovered on August 30, 2013, and contained on September 25, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,782 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 2013
- Contained
- September 25, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,661 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.689, -109.664.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,782 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,661 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,782 acres
- Discovered
- August 30, 2013, 8:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 25, 2013, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Fremont County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Shoshone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4368810966320130830
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1517991
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- Burroughs Fire. GIS from IR, GPS, and mapping
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 |
| 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.