Black Canyon Fire
The Black Canyon Fire burned 5,970 acres in Grand County, Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on June 20, 2002, and contained on July 17, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,970 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2002
- Contained
- July 17, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,073 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.208, -109.856.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,970 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,073 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 2002, 9:49 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Grand County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Moab Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Rattle Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3922710983320020620
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-110914
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattle Complex (Rattle) Fire | 88,421 | Jun 22, 2002 | Natural |
| Sanford Fire | 42,799 | May 31, 2002 | Human |
| Mustang Fire | 20,038 | Jun 30, 2002 | Human |
| Garden Valley Complex (East Fork) Fire | 14,208 | Jun 28, 2002 | Human |
| Sequoia Fire | 8,100 | Jul 14, 2002 | Natural |
| Canyons Complex (Hang Dog) Fire | 6,000 | Jul 14, 2002 | Natural |
| Big Wash Fire | 5,283 | Jun 5, 2002 | Natural |
| County Line Fire | 4,860 | Jul 17, 2002 | Natural |
| Canyons Complex (Hammond) Fire | 3,800 | Jul 14, 2002 | Natural |
| Price Canyon Fire | 3,269 | Jun 30, 2002 | Human |
| Garder Canyon Fire | 2,511 | Aug 19, 2002 | Natural |
| Maple Springs Fire | 2,500 | Jul 13, 2002 | 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.