Chipeta Prescribed Fire
The Chipeta Prescribed Fire burned 2,709 acres in Utah, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to September 9, 2003.
- Size
- 2,709 acres
- Ignition
- September 9, 2003
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,709 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 39.475, -109.129.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,709 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 9, 2003
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3946910911320030909
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
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 |
| 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 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.