Square Complex
The Square Complex burned 18,235 acres in Washington County, Utah, in 2004. It was discovered on June 26, 2004, and contained on July 2, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,235 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2004
- Contained
- July 2, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,430 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.328, -113.942.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,235 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,430 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 17,146 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2004, 6:42 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 2, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Washington County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Part of
- Square Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Square2
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-UTCCD-502159
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3733711387820040626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-124031
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.