Brackenpond Fire
The Brackenpond Fire burned 1,200 acres in Utah, in 1995. It was discovered on June 1, 1995, and contained on June 5, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- June 1, 1995
- Contained
- June 5, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.283, -114.017.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 661 acres
- Discovered
- June 1, 1995, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 5, 1995, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1995-UTCCD-025046
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25046
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
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. 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.