Blackpoint Fire
The Blackpoint Fire burned 2,000 acres in Utah, in 1995. It was discovered on July 8, 1995, and contained on July 8, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 1995
- Contained
- July 8, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,615 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.817, -112.667.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,615 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 1995, 1:08 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 1995, 7:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3882311259119950708
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25339
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redlam Fire | 35,000 | Aug 27, 1995 | Human |
| Puddle Valley Fire | 30,720 | Aug 8, 1995 | Natural |
| Cedar Pocket Fire | 12,641 | Jul 30, 1995 | Natural |
| Dugway 3 Fire | 11,610 | Sep 1, 1995 | Natural |
| Lava Ridge Fire | 11,453 | Sep 17, 1995 | Natural |
| Milford Pass Fire | 9,063 | Jul 8, 1995 | Natural |
| Turkey Fire | 9,047 | Aug 10, 1995 | Natural |
| Terra Fire | 7,063 | Jul 11, 1995 | Human |
| Camp Williams Fire | 6,000 | Aug 7, 1995 | |
| Triangle Fire | 5,343 | Jul 30, 1995 | Natural |
| Stansbury Island Fire | 4,840 | Jul 26, 1995 | Human |
| Locomotive Fire | 4,720 | Aug 5, 1995 |
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.