Chalk Creek Fire
The Chalk Creek Fire burned 1,245 acres in Utah, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to August 4, 1989.
- Size
- 1,245 acres
- Ignition
- August 4, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,245 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.930, -111.216.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,245 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 4, 1989
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4093011121619890804
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Utah in 198912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamondpk Fire | 15,683 | Jul 1, 1989 | |
| Uinta Flat Fire | 7,708 | Jul 15, 1989 | |
| Uinta Canyon Fire | 5,829 | Jul 3, 1989 | |
| Ryan Creek Fire | 3,842 | Jul 8, 1989 | |
| Rattlesnak Fire | 3,161 | Jul 9, 1989 | |
| Box Elder Fire | 2,967 | Aug 21, 1989 | |
| Six Mile Fire | 1,989 | ||
| White Rock Fire | 1,666 | Oct 11, 1989 | |
| Ltl Sg Vly Fire | 1,448 | Jul 9, 1989 | |
| Rough Canyon Fire | 1,435 | ||
| Pass Fire | 1,280 | Jul 26, 1989 | |
| Lakeside Fire | 1,139 | Aug 14, 1989 |
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.