Scarecrow Fire
The Scarecrow Fire burned 1,037 acres in Washington County, Utah, in 2002. It was discovered on June 1, 2002, and contained on June 7, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,037 acres
- Discovered
- June 1, 2002
- Contained
- June 7, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,219 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.186, -113.830.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,037 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,219 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,038 acres
- Discovered
- June 1, 2002, 11:09 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 7, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Washington County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2002-UTCCD-108203
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3717611382020020601
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-108203
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. 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.