Big Canyon Fire
The Big Canyon Fire burned 3,415 acres in Emery County, Utah, in 2004. It was discovered on August 7, 2004, and contained on September 19, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,415 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2004
- Contained
- September 19, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,615 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.430, -110.082.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,415 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,615 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,415 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 2004, 5:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 19, 2004, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Emery County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Moab Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTMOD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-UTMOD-00BAR5
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3944511009620040807
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-124817
- Note on the perimeter
- 2004-UTMOD-00BAR5
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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Square Complex | 18,235 | Jun 26, 2004 | Natural |
| Hawkins Fire | 10,000 | Jul 28, 2004 | Natural |
| Pine Park 2 Fire | 4,799 | Jul 28, 2004 | Natural |
| Six Mile Fire | 4,762 | Jul 29, 2004 | Natural |
| Dammeron Complex (Dammeron) Fire | 3,380 | Jun 16, 2004 | Natural |
| Mail Draw Fire | 2,793 | Aug 31, 2004 | Natural |
| Aragonite Fire | 1,970 | Jun 3, 2004 | Human |
| Red Bull Fire | 1,836 | Jul 29, 2004 | Natural |
| Middle Ridge Fire | 1,674 | Aug 11, 2004 | Natural |
| Salt Creek Fire | 1,483 | Aug 9, 2004 | Natural |
| Sheepfence Fire | 1,206 | Jul 15, 2004 | Natural |
| Sheep Fence Fire | 1,204 |
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.