Canyons Complex (Hammond) Fire
The Canyons Complex (Hammond) Fire burned 3,800 acres in San Juan County, Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on July 14, 2002, and contained on August 15, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,800 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2002
- Contained
- August 15, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,857 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.672, -109.720.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,857 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,994 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2002, 5:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- San Juan County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Manti-Lasal National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTMOD
- Part of
- Canyons Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2002-UTMOD-00Q596
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3767410973620020714
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-377769
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- 2002-UTMOD-00Q596
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 |
| Black Canyon Fire | 5,970 | Jun 20, 2002 | Natural |
| Big Wash Fire | 5,283 | Jun 5, 2002 | Natural |
| County Line Fire | 4,860 | Jul 17, 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
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.