Wildfires of 2003

Bear Canyon Fire

2003Davis County, UtahWildfire

The Bear Canyon Fire burned 1,500 acres in Davis County, Utah, in 2003. It was discovered on July 29, 2003, and contained on August 10, 2003. The cause was recorded as fireworks.

Size
1,500 acres
Discovered
July 29, 2003
Contained
August 10, 2003
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 40.937, -111.863.

The record

Reported final size
1,500 acres
Discovered
July 29, 2003, 12:00 p.m. local time
Contained
August 10, 2003, 10:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Fireworks
State
Utah
County
Davis County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2003UTFFSL6395-2003

Other large fires in Utah in 200312

FireAcresStartCause
Bulldog Fire31,727Jul 8, 2003Human
Apex Fire29,933Jun 28, 2003Human
East Hansel Valley Fire11,200Aug 8, 2003Natural
Cascade II Fire7,828Sep 23, 2003Human
Cherry Creek 2 Fire5,720Oct 25, 2003Human
Lonesome Beaver Fire4,406May 30, 2003Natural
Wsa Fire4,186Jul 24, 2003Natural
Woodenshoe Fire2,710Jun 28, 2003Human
Crooked Fire2,050Aug 11, 2003Natural
Farmington Fire2,000Jul 10, 2003Human
Corral Fire1,683Aug 8, 2003Natural
Little Mountain Fire1,400Aug 15, 2003Human

Every fire of 2003 Utah fire history

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Sources

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.