West Mountain 3 Fire
The West Mountain 3 Fire burned 2,059 acres in Utah, in 1999. It was discovered on June 25, 1999, and contained on July 3, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,059 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 1999
- Contained
- July 3, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,058 acres, mapped by digitized other. Point of origin as reported, 40.025, -111.829.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,059 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,058 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 1999, 3:47 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 3, 1999, 1:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTUWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-346560
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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. 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.