Sanford Fire
The Sanford Fire burned 42,799 acres in Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on May 31, 2002, and contained on July 1, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 42,799 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2002
- Contained
- July 1, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 86,491 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.958, -112.208.
The record
- Reported final size
- 42,799 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 86,491 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 73,380 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2002, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 1, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Dixie National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTDIF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2002-UTDIF-000009
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3793611217320020531
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-378538
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Differentially Corrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Escaped RX Fire,reported 35,359 rx acres
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 |
| 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 |
| Maple Springs Fire | 2,500 | Jul 13, 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.