Huff Fire
The Huff Fire burned 2,001 acres in Summit County, Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on August 15, 2002, and contained on August 20, 2002. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,001 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2002
- Contained
- August 20, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,199 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.975, -111.216.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,001 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,199 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2002, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 2002, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Utah
- County
- Summit County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4098311119420020815
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-380165
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
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.