Wsa Fire
The Wsa Fire burned 4,186 acres in Juab County, Utah, in 2003. It was discovered on July 24, 2003, and contained on August 9, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,186 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2003
- Contained
- August 9, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,306 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.715, -112.449.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,186 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,306 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2003, 12:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 9, 2003, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Juab County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3973011243120030724
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-117495
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 |
| 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
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.