Clay Pit Fire
The Clay Pit Fire burned 4,367 acres in Utah County, Utah, in 1999. It was discovered on August 14, 1999, and contained on August 16, 1999. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,367 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1999
- Contained
- August 16, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,031 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.228, -111.893.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,367 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,031 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1999, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 16, 1999, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Utah
- County
- Utah County
- 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
- UT4026611188719990814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-4055
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Railroad Fire | 58,707 | Jul 2, 1999 | Human |
| West Mountain II Fire | 8,826 | Jul 2, 1999 | Human |
| Peterson Fire | 4,500 | Aug 2, 1999 | Natural |
| Rush Fire | 4,101 | Jul 2, 1999 | Natural |
| Eagle Canyon Fire | 3,744 | Jul 24, 1999 | Human |
| Dry Canyon Fire | 3,503 | Aug 16, 1999 | Natural |
| Little Hole Fire | 3,216 | Jul 1, 1999 | Natural |
| Cedar Valley Fire | 3,200 | Jun 25, 1999 | Human |
| Pony Road Fire | 2,528 | Jun 23, 1999 | Human |
| Avocet Fire | 2,447 | Mar 30, 1999 | |
| Lostpeak Fire | 2,139 | Mar 19, 1999 | |
| West Mountain 3 Fire | 2,059 | Jun 25, 1999 | 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.