Simpson Bu Fire
The Simpson Bu Fire burned 2,000 acres in Tooele County, Utah, in 2001. It was discovered on June 3, 2001, and contained on June 12, 2001. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2001
- Contained
- June 12, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,459 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.057, -112.848.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,459 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 2001, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 12, 2001, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Utah
- County
- Tooele County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4006411285420010603
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-100768
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.