Racer Fire
The Racer Fire burned 7,376 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
- 7,376 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 1996
- Contained
- July 29, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,139 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.453, -113.780.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,376 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,139 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,612 acres
- Discovered
- July 25, 1996, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 29, 1996, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Dixie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTDIF
- Part of
- Magotsu Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3744911374219960725
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-314784
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Combine Racer-7/25/07and Magotsu-7/24/07
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. 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.