Sheep Mt Fire
200031,386 acresWyoming
The Sheep Mt Fire burned 31,386 acres, about 49 square miles, across Sweetwater County. It began on August 11, 2000.
Watch how it happenedSheep Mt Fire · 2000
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 | 8.6% | 2,713 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 42% | 13,322 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 38% | 11,782 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 11% | 3,569 |
9% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 2,713 acres; 51% 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.
| Sweetwater County | WY | 31,392 |
Other large fires in Wyoming in 2000
- Katesbasin Fire141,297 acres
- Wld Horse Fire41,870 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.