Chewbasin Prescribed Fire
The Chewbasin Prescribed Fire burned 1,318 acres in Utah, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to August 25, 1997.
- Size
- 1,318 acres
- Ignition
- August 25, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,318 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.493, -109.087.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,318 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 25, 1997
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4049310908719970825
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Utah in 19977
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Fire | 5,425 | Jul 15, 1997 | Natural |
| Cogswell Point Fire | 4,383 | May 11, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,435 | Aug 23, 1997 | |
| Pahcoon Fire | 2,250 | Jul 20, 1997 | Natural |
| Dugway Mountain Fire | 2,250 | Jul 31, 1997 | Natural |
| Dirty Heat Fire | 1,500 | Mar 26, 1997 | |
| Railroad 1 Fire | 1,337 | Jun 29, 1997 | Human |
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. 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.