Trojan 2 Fire
The Trojan 2 Fire burned 2,950 acres in Utah, in 1994. It was discovered on September 10, 1994, and contained on September 16, 1994. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,950 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 1994
- Contained
- September 16, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,135 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.075, -111.575.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,950 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,135 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,975 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 1994, 5:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 16, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Utah
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTUWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4009611155619940910
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-294505
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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 |
| Simpson Bt Fire | 7,750 | Jun 15, 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 |
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.