Cascade II Fire
The Cascade II Fire burned 7,828 acres in Utah, in 2003. It was discovered on September 23, 2003, and contained on October 6, 2003. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 7,828 acres
- Discovered
- September 23, 2003
- Contained
- October 6, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,936 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.451, -111.581.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,828 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,936 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,829 acres
- Discovered
- September 23, 2003, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 6, 2003, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Utah
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTUWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4045011154220030923
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-391800
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulldog Fire | 31,727 | Jul 8, 2003 | Human |
| Apex Fire | 29,933 | Jun 28, 2003 | Human |
| East Hansel Valley Fire | 11,200 | Aug 8, 2003 | Natural |
| 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.