Lonesome Beaver Fire
The Lonesome Beaver Fire burned 4,406 acres in Garfield County, Utah, in 2003. It was discovered on May 30, 2003, and contained on September 10, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,406 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2003
- Contained
- September 10, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,544 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.119, -110.788.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,406 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,544 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,171 acres
- Discovered
- May 30, 2003, 9:38 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 10, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-UTRID-116293
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3812111078120030530
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-116293
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 |
| 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.