Gilson Fire
The Gilson Fire burned 1,365 acres in Utah, in 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to September 17, 2001.
- Size
- 1,365 acres
- Ignition
- September 17, 2001
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,365 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 39.633, -112.283.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,365 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 17, 2001
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3963111228820010917
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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. 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.