Six Mile Fire
The Six Mile Fire burned 4,762 acres in Sanpete County, Utah, in 2004. It was discovered on July 29, 2004, and contained on October 24, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,762 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 2004
- Contained
- October 24, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,097 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.190, -111.601.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,762 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,097 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,813 acres
- Discovered
- July 29, 2004, 1:58 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 24, 2004, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Sanpete County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Manti-Lasal National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTMLF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-UTMLF-004302
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3919311158820040729
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-403128
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Wildland Fire Use
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 |
| Big Canyon Fire | 3,415 | Aug 7, 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.