Farmington Fire
The Farmington Fire burned 2,000 acres in Utah, in 2003. It was discovered on July 10, 2003, and contained on August 3, 2003. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2003
- Contained
- August 3, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,069 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.009, -111.882.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,069 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,069 acres
- Discovered
- July 10, 2003, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 2003, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Utah
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTUWF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4099711187120030710
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-391478
- Perimeter map method
- Remote Sensing Data - Base Level
- Note on the perimeter
- From MTBS 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.