Cherry Creek Fire
The Cherry Creek Fire burned 1,262 acres in Utah, in 1995. It was discovered on August 28, 1995, and contained on August 30, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,262 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1995
- Contained
- August 30, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,487 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.850, -112.334.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,262 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,487 acres
- Discovered
- August 28, 1995, 12:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 1995, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3987111232719950828
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-25420
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.