Cunningham Fire
The Cunningham Fire burned 14,854 acres in Utah, in 1996. It was discovered on August 18, 1996, and contained on August 26, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 14,854 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 1996
- Contained
- August 26, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,855 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.434, -112.725.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,854 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,855 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 17,147 acres
- Discovered
- August 18, 1996, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 26, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-UTCCD-019788
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3844911266619960818
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-19788
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- (RR 2023/02/23)
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington Complex (Wash) Fire | 89,149 | Aug 2, 1996 | Natural |
| Sorenson Complex (South Twin Peaks) Fire | 41,863 | Jul 5, 1996 | Natural |
| Davis Knoll Complex (Davis Knoll) Fire | 28,540 | Jul 8, 1996 | Natural |
| Leamington Complex (Leamington) Fire | 28,442 | Aug 1, 1996 | Natural |
| Silver Hill Fire | 25,000 | Jul 3, 1996 | Natural |
| Leamington Complex (East Sage) Fire | 18,750 | Aug 2, 1996 | Natural |
| North Stansbury Complex (Teddy Bears) Fire | 18,540 | Aug 4, 1996 | Human |
| Golden Spike Fire | 16,186 | ||
| Adelaide Complex (Adalaide) Fire | 15,706 | Aug 2, 1996 | Natural |
| Little Sahara Complex (Cherry Creek) Fire | 11,482 | Jul 11, 1996 | Natural |
| Honey Boy Fire | 10,476 | Aug 2, 1996 | Natural |
| Pole Creek Fire | 10,405 | Jun 16, 1996 | Natural |
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.