Bottom Fire
The Bottom Fire burned 3,182 acres in Utah, in 1993. It was discovered on July 9, 1993, and contained on July 11, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,182 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1993
- Contained
- July 11, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,880 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.653, -112.775.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,182 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,880 acres
- Discovered
- July 9, 1993, 5:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 11, 1993, 6:30 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
- UT3860511279519930709
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-36222
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 19935
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rock Fire | 3,069 | Jul 15, 1993 | Human |
| Mill Creek Fire | 2,181 | Jun 21, 1993 | Natural |
| Avocet Fire | 2,111 | Aug 17, 1993 | |
| 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. 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.