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Yellowstone National ParkJuvenile Bighorn Sheep casually amble along a precipice near Tower Falls.
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Yellowstone National Park
2005 Fire Report
2005 Fire Summary Table

#
Fire
Cause
Duration
Status
Size
5014 Tardy powerline 10/1/2005 out 0.1 ac
5013 Sabbath lightning 9/4/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
5012 Meldrum lightning 8/27/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
5011 Elk Tongue lightning 8/10/2005 out - WFURB 33 ac
5010 Vermillion lightning 8/8/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
5009 Butte lightning 8/8/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
5008 JLoop lightning 8/8/2005 out 0.1 ac
5007 Bacon lightning 8/2/2005 out 0.1 ac
5006 Cody Peak lightning 8/2/2005 out 0.2 ac
5005 Hills lightning 8/1/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
5004 Red lightning 7/22/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
5003 Phantom lightning 7/16/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
5002 Chickadee lightning 7/14/2005 out - WFURB 90 ac
5001 Cascade lightning 6/21/2005 out - WFURB 0.1 ac
Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988  

Did You Know?
The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.

Last Updated: July 20, 2007 at 10:37 EST