Wildfires of 2000

Oak Hill Fire

2000UtahWildfire

The Oak Hill Fire burned 1,028 acres in Utah, in 2000. It was discovered on July 30, 2000, and contained on September 11, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.

Size
1,028 acres
Discovered
July 30, 2000
Contained
September 11, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 40.442, -111.654.

The record

Reported final size
1,028 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
911 acres
Discovered
July 30, 2000, 2:15 p.m. local time
Contained
September 11, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Arson/incendiarism
State
Utah
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
UTUWF
Part of
Wasatch Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-354363
Perimeter map method
Remote Sensing Data - Base Level
Note on the perimeter
From MTBS data.

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

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

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.