Wildfires of 1987

Dbl Decker Fire

1987UtahWildfire

The Dbl Decker Fire burned 1,050 acres in Utah, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to June 24, 1987.

Size
1,050 acres
Ignition
June 24, 1987

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,050 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.869, -112.885.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,050 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
June 24, 1987
State
Utah
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
UT4086911288519870624
MTBS assessment
Initial
Note on the perimeter
Fire is apx 2 miles W of MTBS data point. Pre- and Post-fire scenes from same yr.

Other large fires in Utah in 198711

FireAcresStartCause
Quincy I Fire15,173Sep 12, 1987
Negro Mag Fire10,605Jun 27, 1987
Ripple Fire6,065Jun 15, 1987
Posthollow Fire4,482Sep 20, 1987
Coyotepond Fire3,547Jul 15, 1987
Davisknoll Fire2,588Sep 15, 1987
Little Oak Creek Fire1,749Jun 11, 1987
Tank Wash Fire1,539Jul 4, 1987
Mt. Baldy Fire1,425Sep 25, 1987
Squaw Creek Fire1,370
Mona Fire1,335Aug 11, 1987

Every fire of 1987 Utah fire history

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.