East Carbon Fire
The East Carbon Fire burned 1,094 acres in Utah, in 1996. It was discovered on July 25, 1996, and contained on July 29, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,094 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 1996
- Contained
- July 29, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,130 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.600, -110.451.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,094 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,130 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 1996, 4:14 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 29, 1996, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Moab Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTMOD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-UTMOD-00W879
- Fire occurrence record
- W-20102
- Note on the perimeter
- 1996-UTMOD-00W879
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 |
| Cunningham Fire | 14,854 | Aug 18, 1996 | Natural |
| Little Sahara Complex (Cherry Creek) Fire | 11,482 | Jul 11, 1996 | Natural |
| Honey Boy Fire | 10,476 | Aug 2, 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. 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.