Wildfires of 2000

Last Chance Fire

2000Box Elder County, UtahWildfire

The Last Chance Fire burned 1,200 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2000. It was discovered on July 2, 2000, and contained on July 2, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
July 2, 2000
Contained
July 2, 2000
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 41.220, -112.457.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Discovered
July 2, 2000, 1:21 a.m. local time
Contained
July 2, 2000, 9:04 a.m. local time
Cause
Natural
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
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2000UTFFSL3373-2000

Other large fires in Utah in 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Salt Lake Desert Complex (Aragonite) Fire39,937Aug 1, 2000Natural
Oldroyd Complex (Mona West) Fire33,838Jul 27, 2000Natural
Castlerock Fire16,116Jul 26, 2000Natural
Oldroyd Complex (Broad) Fire14,956Jul 26, 2000Natural
Hogup Fire14,355Jul 12, 2000Natural
Adelaide Complex (Morning Dove) Fire11,540Jul 26, 2000Natural
Swains Fire7,898Aug 12, 2000Human
South Rose Ranch Fire5,943Jul 17, 2000Natural
10 Mile Pass Fire5,867Aug 6, 2000Human
Brown Springs Fire4,334Jun 10, 2000Human
Chournos Fire3,920Aug 5, 2000Natural
Molly Fire3,910Jul 16, 2000Natural

Every fire of 2000 Utah fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.