White Rock Fire
The White Rock Fire burned 3,069 acres in Utah, in 1993. It was discovered on July 15, 1993, and contained on July 19, 1993. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,069 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 1993
- Contained
- July 19, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,111 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.133, -114.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,069 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,111 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,108 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 1993, 3:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 19, 1993, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Ely District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3815211404619930715
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-34928
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/9/2016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom Fire | 3,182 | Jul 9, 1993 | Natural |
| 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
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. 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.