Williams Fire
The Williams Fire burned 1,348 acres in Utah County, Utah, in 2003. It was discovered on July 8, 2003, and contained on July 9, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,348 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2003
- Contained
- July 9, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,476 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.428, -111.936.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,348 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,476 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2003, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 9, 2003, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Utah
- County
- Utah County
- Reporting unit
- Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4041111194920030708
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2003UTFFSL6811-2003
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 |
| 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. 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.