Avocet Fire
The Avocet Fire burned 2,111 acres in Utah, in 1993. MTBS dates its ignition to August 17, 1993.
- Size
- 2,111 acres
- Ignition
- August 17, 1993
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,111 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 39.836, -113.373.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,111 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 17, 1993
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3983611337219930817
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- 11 std.
Other large fires in Utah in 19935
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom Fire | 3,182 | Jul 9, 1993 | Natural |
| White Rock Fire | 3,069 | Jul 15, 1993 | Human |
| Mill Creek Fire | 2,181 | Jun 21, 1993 | Natural |
| Flat Canyon Fire | 1,500 | Sep 11, 1993 | Human |
| Bulldog Fire | 978 | Aug 1, 1993 | Human |
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.