Wildfires of 2004

Sheepfence Fire

2004Kane County, UtahWildfire

The Sheepfence Fire burned 1,206 acres in Kane County, Utah, in 2004. It was discovered on July 15, 2004, and contained on August 2, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,206 acres
Discovered
July 15, 2004
Contained
August 2, 2004
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.325, -112.206.

The record

Reported final size
1,206 acres
Discovered
July 15, 2004, 11:46 a.m. local time
Contained
August 2, 2004, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Utah
County
Kane County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Cedar City Field Office
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-124578

Other large fires in Utah in 200412

FireAcresStartCause
Square Complex18,235Jun 26, 2004Natural
Hawkins Fire10,000Jul 28, 2004Natural
Pine Park 2 Fire4,799Jul 28, 2004Natural
Six Mile Fire4,762Jul 29, 2004Natural
Big Canyon Fire3,415Aug 7, 2004Natural
Dammeron Complex (Dammeron) Fire3,380Jun 16, 2004Natural
Mail Draw Fire2,793Aug 31, 2004Natural
Aragonite Fire1,970Jun 3, 2004Human
Red Bull Fire1,836Jul 29, 2004Natural
Middle Ridge Fire1,674Aug 11, 2004Natural
Salt Creek Fire1,483Aug 9, 2004Natural
Sheep Fence Fire1,204

Every fire of 2004 Utah fire history

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Sources

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.