Samaria Fire
The Samaria Fire burned 1,980 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 1999. It was discovered on July 21, 1999, and contained on July 24, 1999. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,980 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 1999
- Contained
- July 24, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,141 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.950, -112.275.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,980 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,141 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 1999, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 1999, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Utah
- County
- Box Elder County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4195811225519990721
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-1999UTFFSL1490-1999
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
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.