North Stansbury Complex (Teddy Bears) Fire
The North Stansbury Complex (Teddy Bears) Fire burned 18,540 acres in Utah, in 1996. It was discovered on August 4, 1996, and contained on August 9, 1996. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 18,540 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1996
- Contained
- August 9, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,508 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.117, -112.767.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,540 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,508 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1996, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 9, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- North Stansbury Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4018411280619960804
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-20470
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 |
| 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
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.