North Horn Mountain Fire
The North Horn Mountain Fire burned 1,022 acres in Emery County, Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on July 7, 2002, and contained on July 20, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,022 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2002
- Contained
- July 20, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 39.232, -111.231.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,022 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 684 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2002, 7:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 20, 2002, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Emery County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Manti-Lasal National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTMLF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2002-UTMLF-002150
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-377768
- Note on the perimeter
- Wildland Fire
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. 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.