Simpson Bt Fire
The Simpson Bt Fire burned 7,750 acres in Utah, in 1994. It was discovered on June 15, 1994, and contained on June 16, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 7,750 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1994
- Contained
- June 16, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 36,914 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.050, -112.851.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,750 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 36,914 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1994, 12:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 16, 1994, 12:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Davis Mtn
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4010311277319940615
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-31833
- Note on the perimeter
- Combined two fires because I couldnt separate them
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elevator Fire | 31,395 | Jul 27, 1994 | Natural |
| Posthollow Fire | 13,235 | Jul 2, 1994 | Natural |
| E Harker Fire | 12,837 | Aug 4, 1994 | Natural |
| Black Willow Fire | 12,031 | Aug 2, 1994 | Natural |
| Milfordben Fire | 10,700 | Jul 30, 1994 | Natural |
| Dry Canyon 2 Fire | 10,500 | Aug 4, 1994 | Natural |
| Antelopemt Fire | 8,600 | Jul 27, 1994 | Natural |
| Round Top Fire | 8,000 | Jun 20, 1994 | Human |
| Hansel Valley Mt Fire | 7,680 | Jul 5, 1994 | |
| Whiterocks Fire | 6,500 | May 26, 1994 | Natural |
| Johnson Canyon Fire | 5,066 | Jul 29, 1994 | |
| Whites Valley Fire | 4,530 | Aug 8, 1994 |
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.