Whiterocks Fire
The Whiterocks Fire burned 6,500 acres in Utah, in 1994. It was discovered on May 26, 1994, and contained on May 27, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,500 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 1994
- Contained
- May 27, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,490 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.325, -112.849.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,490 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 1994, 2:56 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 27, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4037711285419940526
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-31820
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 | |
| 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.