Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire burned 1,523 acres in Beaver County, Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on August 19, 2002, and contained on September 3, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,523 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 2002
- Contained
- September 3, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,366 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.388, -112.286.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,523 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,366 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,523 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 2002, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 3, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Beaver County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Fishlake National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTFIF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3838511228820020819
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-377972
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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 |
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.