1988 Yellowstone Fire Map. The fires burned for several months. The lightning bolt started a small forest fire, which became known as the Fan Fire. Outside the park, two firefighters were killed, one by a falling tree and one while piloting a plane transporting other personnel. Fifty percent of the National Interagency Type I Incident Management Teams where simultaneously. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames quickly spread out of control due to drought conditions and increasing winds, combining into several large conflagrations which burned for several months. They began as smaller individual fires. This satellite view reveals that the fire did not burn everything in a destructive swath. Information and data sources included daily infrared photography flights, satellite imagery, ground and aerial reconnaissance, command center intelligence, and the personal recollections of fire behavior observers.
1988 Yellowstone Fire Map. Independent fires are shown in different colors, and the most recently burned areas are shown in a brighter color. At the time of the fires, little was known about the impacts of such a large severe disturbance because scientists had had few previous opportunities to study such an event. Fifty percent of the National Interagency Type I Incident Management Teams where simultaneously. The fires, which began in June, continued to burn until November, when winter snows extinguished the last blazes. Outside the park, two firefighters were killed, one by a falling tree and one while piloting a plane transporting other personnel. 1988 Yellowstone Fire Map.
The burned area is patchy, and the severity of the burn varies from place to place.
Thankfully, the fires killed no park visitors and no nearby residents.
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1988 Yellowstone Fire Map. Images collected by USGS-NASA Landsat satellites have been able to follow the remarkable recovery of the land since then. Information and data sources included daily infrared photography flights, satellite imagery, ground and aerial reconnaissance, command center intelligence, and the personal recollections of fire behavior observers. This product is available through our Web Map Service. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames quickly spread out of control due to drought conditions and increasing winds, combining into several large conflagrations which burned for several months. The lightning bolt started a small forest fire, which became known as the Fan Fire.
1988 Yellowstone Fire Map.