Hardluck Fire
The Hardluck Fire burned 24,515 acres in Park County, Wyoming, in 2013. It was discovered on July 20, 2013, and contained on September 16, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 24,515 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 2013
- Contained
- September 16, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 25,890 acres. Point of origin as reported, 43.969, -109.726.
The record
- Reported final size
- 24,515 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 25,890 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 24,515 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 2013, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 16, 2013, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Park County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Shoshone National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- WYSHF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WY4395910974120130720
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1513991
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- Hardluck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.