County Line Fire
The County Line Fire burned 4,860 acres in Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on July 17, 2002, and contained on July 28, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,860 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2002
- Contained
- July 28, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,295 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.458, -109.954.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,860 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,295 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2002, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Uintah and Ouray Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3947010993620020717
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-431934
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 |
| 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.