Fairfield Fire
The Fairfield Fire burned 1,335 acres in Fremont County, Wyoming, in 2013. It was discovered on July 22, 2013, and contained on July 28, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,335 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2013
- Contained
- July 28, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,458 acres. Point of origin as reported, 42.735, -108.866.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,335 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,458 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,335 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2013, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2013, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Fremont County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Shoshone National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-WYLND-000259
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4273810886420130722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1514329
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Fairfield Fire
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 |
| Big Fork Fire | 1,509 | Apr 27, 2013 | Human |
| 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.