Birch Fire
The Birch Fire burned 2,681 acres in Utah, in 2001. It was discovered on September 27, 2001, and contained on November 16, 2001. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,681 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 2001
- Contained
- November 16, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,612 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.763, -111.837.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,681 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,612 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,681 acres
- Discovered
- September 27, 2001, 2:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 16, 2001, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Utah
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTUWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3977511181520010927
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-371245
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 40,000 | Jul 14, 2001 | Natural |
| Beef Hollow Fire | 9,000 | Jul 16, 2001 | Human |
| Mollie Fire | 8,021 | Aug 18, 2001 | Human |
| Antelope 4 Fire | 5,000 | Jul 5, 2001 | Natural |
| Keg Mountain Fire | 4,709 | Jul 16, 2001 | Natural |
| Nebo Creek Fire | 4,378 | Jul 2, 2001 | Natural |
| Timpie Fire | 4,229 | Jun 8, 2001 | Human |
| Little Field Fire | 3,976 | Jul 14, 2001 | Natural |
| Thiokol Fire | 3,000 | Jul 14, 2001 | Natural |
| Ibapah Fire | 2,274 | Jul 26, 2001 | Natural |
| 8 Mile Fire | 2,068 | Jun 9, 2001 | Natural |
| Simpson Bu Fire | 2,000 | Jun 3, 2001 | Human |
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.