Wildcat Fire
The Wildcat Fire burned 5,830 acres in Utah, in 1996. It was discovered on July 21, 1996, and contained on July 30, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,830 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 1996
- Contained
- July 30, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,249 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.342, -113.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,830 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,249 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,107 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 1996, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 30, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Zion National Park
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-UTCCD-019826
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3732911299219960721
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-255484
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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.