Leamington Complex (Wash) Fire
The Leamington Complex (Wash) Fire burned 89,149 acres in Utah, in 1996. It was discovered on August 2, 1996, and contained on August 17, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 89,149 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 1996
- Contained
- August 17, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 161,106 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.628, -112.119.
The record
- Reported final size
- 89,149 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 161,106 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 157,943 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 1996, 10:55 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTSLD
- Part of
- Leamington Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Ltl Sahara, Sarah, Boulder Summit, S. Tintic, Black Mtn
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3978911229219960802
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-20152
- Perimeter map method
- Remote Sensing Data - Base Level
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From MTBS data. Fire ID: BLM-UTRID-Q615-19960802
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.