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OF 2004–1085: Wyoming

Fire name: Yellowstone

Location: Yellowstone National Park

Date: 1988

Drainage Basin Name

Basin

 Area  (km2)

Relief Ratio (%)

% Burn

Discharge (m3/s) and/or Volume of Deposits (m3)

Reported Rainfall Conditions

Reported Flow Process

Preston Creek

19

19

100

1,000 m3

Date: March 1972

Comments: Fast snowmelt event

Landslide and runoff-initiated debris flow

Reference: Meyer and Wells (1997)

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