Garder Canyon Fire
The Garder Canyon Fire burned 2,511 acres in Duchesne County, Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on August 19, 2002, and contained on August 30, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,511 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 2002
- Contained
- August 30, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,682 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.849, -110.636.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,511 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,682 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 2002, 12:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Duchesne County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Vernal Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3986211062720020819
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-112609
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 |
| 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.