Dry Fork II Fire
The Dry Fork II Fire burned 1,740 acres in Uintah County, Utah, in 2000. It was discovered on August 12, 2000, and contained on September 1, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,740 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2000
- Contained
- September 1, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,252 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.585, -109.675.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,740 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,252 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,237 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2000, 9:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 1, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Uintah County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Vernal Field Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTASF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4059610965320000812
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-100200
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Started on BLM 736.6 Acres. Forest 1500.6 acres
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Desert Complex (Aragonite) Fire | 39,937 | Aug 1, 2000 | Natural |
| Oldroyd Complex (Mona West) Fire | 33,838 | Jul 27, 2000 | Natural |
| Castlerock Fire | 16,116 | Jul 26, 2000 | Natural |
| Oldroyd Complex (Broad) Fire | 14,956 | Jul 26, 2000 | Natural |
| Hogup Fire | 14,355 | Jul 12, 2000 | Natural |
| Adelaide Complex (Morning Dove) Fire | 11,540 | Jul 26, 2000 | Natural |
| Swains Fire | 7,898 | Aug 12, 2000 | Human |
| South Rose Ranch Fire | 5,943 | Jul 17, 2000 | Natural |
| 10 Mile Pass Fire | 5,867 | Aug 6, 2000 | Human |
| Brown Springs Fire | 4,334 | Jun 10, 2000 | Human |
| Chournos Fire | 3,920 | Aug 5, 2000 | Natural |
| Molly Fire | 3,910 | Jul 16, 2000 | Natural |
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.