Red Mountain Fire
The Red Mountain Fire burned 1,695 acres in Utah, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to July 16, 1988.
- Size
- 1,695 acres
- Ignition
- July 16, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,695 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 41.480, -111.304.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,695 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 16, 1988
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4148111130419880716
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Utah in 198811
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiterocks Fire | 18,876 | Sep 7, 1988 | |
| Affleck Park Fire | 5,740 | Sep 2, 1988 | |
| Beryl Fire | 3,053 | Jul 6, 1988 | |
| Powder Mountain Fire | 3,018 | Aug 24, 1988 | |
| E Grassy Fire | 2,452 | Jul 25, 1988 | |
| Kanosh Fire | 2,057 | Jul 26, 1988 | |
| Green River Fire | 1,925 | Jul 23, 1988 | |
| Hiker Fire | 1,421 | Jun 19, 1988 | |
| Wallsburg Ridge Fire | 1,127 | ||
| Twist Canyon Fire | 1,078 | Jul 22, 1988 | |
| So Marble Fire | 1,034 | Jul 25, 1988 |
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.