Dugway Mountain Fire
The Dugway Mountain Fire burned 2,250 acres in Utah, in 1997. It was discovered on July 31, 1997, and contained on August 2, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,250 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 1997
- Contained
- August 2, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,299 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.956, -113.074.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,250 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,299 acres
- Discovered
- July 31, 1997, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 2, 1997, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3996611308019970731
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-13216
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 19976
| 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 |
| 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. 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.