Mink Fire
1988135,337 acresWyoming
The Mink Fire burned 135,337 acres, about 211 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 11, 1988.
Watch how it happenedMink Fire · 1988
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 19% | 25,675 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 18% | 24,397 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 24% | 31,897 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 37% | 50,295 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.5% | 725 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 1.7% | 2,349 |
19% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 25,675 acres; 37% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Park County | WY | 87,651 |
| Teton County | WY | 47,782 |
Other large fires in Wyoming in 1988
- North Fork Fire563,089 acres
- Clovermist Fire303,221 acres
- Huck Fire123,340 acres
- Storm Creek Fire115,951 acres
- Hellroaring Fire77,539 acres
- Clover Fire34,013 acres
- Shoshone Fire29,919 acres
- Fayette Fire29,217 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.