Bulldog Fire
The Bulldog Fire burned 31,727 acres in Garfield County, Utah, in 2003. It was discovered on July 8, 2003, and contained on September 10, 2003. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 31,727 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2003
- Contained
- September 10, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 31,555 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.916, -110.750.
The record
- Reported final size
- 31,727 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 31,555 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 31,729 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2003, 5:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Utah
- County
- Garfield County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTRID
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3793211072920030708
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-116294
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Fire | 29,933 | Jun 28, 2003 | Human |
| East Hansel Valley Fire | 11,200 | Aug 8, 2003 | Natural |
| Cascade II Fire | 7,828 | Sep 23, 2003 | Human |
| Cherry Creek 2 Fire | 5,720 | Oct 25, 2003 | Human |
| Lonesome Beaver Fire | 4,406 | May 30, 2003 | Natural |
| Wsa Fire | 4,186 | Jul 24, 2003 | Natural |
| Woodenshoe Fire | 2,710 | Jun 28, 2003 | Human |
| Crooked Fire | 2,050 | Aug 11, 2003 | Natural |
| Farmington Fire | 2,000 | Jul 10, 2003 | Human |
| Corral Fire | 1,683 | Aug 8, 2003 | Natural |
| Bear Canyon Fire | 1,500 | Jul 29, 2003 | Human |
| Little Mountain Fire | 1,400 | Aug 15, 2003 | Human |
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.