Salt Lake Desert Complex (Bismark) Fire
The Salt Lake Desert Complex (Bismark) Fire burned 3,181 acres in Utah County, Utah, in 2000. It was discovered on July 26, 2000, and contained on August 15, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,181 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2000
- Contained
- August 15, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,336 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.022, -112.128.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,181 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,336 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 2000, 7:10 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Utah County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Salt Lake Desert Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4002511213520000726
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-97591
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
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.