Sand Mtn E Fire
The Sand Mtn E Fire burned 2,750 acres in Utah, in 1992. It was discovered on August 20, 1992, and contained on August 21, 1992. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,750 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992
- Contained
- August 21, 1992
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,657 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.617, -112.351.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,750 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,657 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 1992, 3:24 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 21, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3964411232419920820
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-41504
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 | |
| East Lynndyl Fire | 2,000 | Aug 19, 1992 | |
| Buckeye Fire | 1,650 | Aug 11, 1992 | Human |
| Clark Canyon Fire | 1,000 | Sep 24, 1992 | |
| Monument Canyon Fire | 750 | Aug 20, 1992 | Natural |
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. 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.