George Fire
The George Fire burned 7,629 acres in Utah, in 1998. It was discovered on July 18, 1998, and contained on July 20, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,629 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 1998
- Contained
- July 20, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,053 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.784, -112.614.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,629 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,053 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 1998, 3:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 20, 1998, 8:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3880411263319980718
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-8765
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tekoi Fire | 20,700 | Jul 13, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 16,467 | Jul 18, 1998 | |
| Topliff Fire | 13,926 | Jul 20, 1998 | Natural |
| Faust Fire | 6,550 | Jul 3, 1998 | Human |
| Bulldog Fire | 6,375 | Jun 27, 1998 | Human |
| Minersville Fire | 4,052 | Jul 4, 1998 | Human |
| Muddy Canyon Fire | 3,976 | Aug 19, 1998 | Natural |
| Salt Lake Complex (White Rock) Fire | 3,083 | Jul 19, 1998 | Natural |
| Hovenweep Fire | 2,455 | Jul 19, 1998 | Natural |
| Barn Fire | 1,815 | Jul 13, 1998 | Human |
| Garn Fire | 1,750 | Aug 9, 1998 | Natural |
| Dugway Fire | 1,415 | Aug 21, 1998 | 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.