Sandal Fire
The Sandal Fire burned 2,950 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2000. It was discovered on July 19, 2000, and contained on July 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,950 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2000
- Contained
- July 25, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,094 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.654, -112.598.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,950 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,094 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 2000, 6:00 p.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
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4166911260820000719
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2000UTFFSL2710-2000
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.