Dog Valley Fire
The Dog Valley Fire burned 1,204 acres in Garfield County, Utah, in 1999. It was discovered on October 5, 1999, and contained on October 7, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 1,204 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 1999
- Contained
- October 7, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,389 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.083, -112.451.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,204 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,389 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,204 acres
- Discovered
- October 5, 1999, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 7, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Utah
- County
- Garfield County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-UTCCD-091749
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3810111246119991005
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-91749
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- (RR 2023/02/23)
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 |
| Clay Pit Fire | 4,367 | Aug 14, 1999 | Human |
| 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 |
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.