Black Mountain Fire
The Black Mountain Fire burned 1,468 acres in Juab County, Utah, in 2001. It was discovered on July 15, 2001, and contained on July 16, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,468 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2001
- Contained
- July 16, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,678 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.639, -112.318.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,468 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,678 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2001, 2:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 16, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Juab County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3967511231620010715
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-103329
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 |
| Birch Fire | 2,681 | Sep 27, 2001 | Human |
| Ibapah Fire | 2,274 | Jul 26, 2001 | Natural |
| 8 Mile Fire | 2,068 | Jun 9, 2001 | 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.