Table Fire
The Table Fire burned 1,097 acres in Tooele County, Utah, in 2004. It was discovered on July 11, 2004, and contained on July 13, 2004. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 1,097 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2004
- Contained
- July 13, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,305 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.877, -112.771.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,097 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,305 acres
- Discovered
- July 11, 2004, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 13, 2004, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- Utah
- County
- Tooele County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4088611279220040711
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-122583
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 |
| 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 |
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.