Cactuspond Fire
The Cactuspond Fire burned 1,865 acres in Utah, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to July 2, 1986.
- Size
- 1,865 acres
- Ignition
- July 2, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,865 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.258, -113.014.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,865 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 2, 1986
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3825811301419860702
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Utah in 198612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twinpeaks Fire | 34,622 | Jul 4, 1986 | |
| Hose Lay Fire | 12,179 | Aug 10, 1986 | |
| Chaos Fire | 9,682 | Aug 8, 1986 | |
| Oak Grove Fire | 8,531 | Jun 19, 1986 | |
| Wide Canyon Fire | 7,692 | Sep 8, 1986 | |
| Widecanyon Fire | 7,519 | Jul 3, 1986 | |
| Clay Springs Fire | 7,272 | Sep 7, 1986 | |
| Fool Creek Fire | 7,267 | Sep 7, 1986 | |
| Davis Knol Fire | 5,846 | Aug 16, 1986 | |
| Sand Mtn Fire | 5,587 | Jun 25, 1986 | |
| Tabernacle Fire | 5,069 | Jun 4, 1986 | |
| Rockwellii Fire | 4,271 | Aug 8, 1986 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.