• 998,975 acres in Yellowstone National Park(YNP) were affected by the fire.
• The total area of the park is 2,221,800 acres.
• The Greater Yellowstone Area(GYA) consists of 11.7 million acres of forest and grassland.
• 120 million dollars was spent on fire suppression for the GYA.
• There were a total of 249 fires in the GYA in 1988.
• The Northfork Fire was caused by the cigarette of a non-commercial woodcutter in the Targhee National Forest on July 22.
• The fire perimeter for the GYA fires of 1988 totaled 1,569,200 acres.
• The Northfork fire burned 490, 225 acres in YNP.
• More than 25,000 firefighters worked to suppress the fires in the GYA in 1988.
• One firefighter lost his life in the Clover Mist fire area.
• At the peak of the fight to suppress the fires, 9,500 firefighters and 117 aircraft fought to save the forests and grasslands.
• The estimated value of facilites damaged or destroyed in the fires was $3,280,000.

Animal Deaths in Yellowstone National Park due to fire in 1988: