Monument Canyon Fire
The Monument Canyon Fire burned 750 acres in Utah, in 1992. It was discovered on August 20, 1992, and contained on August 24, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 750 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992
- Contained
- August 24, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,523 acres, mapped by digitized other. Point of origin as reported, 40.567, -112.650.
The record
- Reported final size
- 750 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,523 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992, 8:20 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 1992, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTUWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-264687
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- poly W.Padgett on/aerials '05 name R.Rusk notes dig E.Corbin
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Utah in 19929
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Fire | 4,600 | Jul 23, 1992 | |
| Deseret/Spring Canyon Fire | 4,160 | Aug 1, 1992 | |
| Butch Mills N Promontory Fire | 3,520 | Aug 21, 1992 | |
| Pole Canyon Fire | 3,200 | Sep 13, 1992 | |
| Little Mtn Fire | 3,040 | Jul 20, 1992 | |
| Sand Mtn E Fire | 2,750 | Aug 20, 1992 | Natural |
| East Lynndyl Fire | 2,000 | Aug 19, 1992 | |
| Buckeye Fire | 1,650 | Aug 11, 1992 | Human |
| Clark Canyon Fire | 1,000 | Sep 24, 1992 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.