Park Valley Fire
The Park Valley Fire burned 18,420 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2005. It was discovered on July 22, 2005, and contained on July 28, 2005. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 18,420 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2005
- Contained
- July 28, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 18,701 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.777, -113.291.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,420 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 18,701 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2005, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Utah
- County
- Box Elder County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4176111321620050722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-503939
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Complex | 65,480 | Jun 23, 2005 | Natural |
| Ditto Fire | 22,874 | Jul 12, 2005 | Human |
| West Gilson Fire | 14,604 | Jul 14, 2005 | Natural |
| Sunrise Complex (Sunrise) Fire | 12,310 | Jul 22, 2005 | |
| Blue Spring Fire | 12,286 | Jun 25, 2005 | Natural |
| Dammeron Complex (Dammeron) Fire | 9,593 | Jul 15, 2005 | Natural |
| Sunrise Complex (Oak) Fire | 9,534 | Jul 21, 2005 | Natural |
| Diamond Complex (Diamond Valley) Fire | 8,474 | Jun 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Dammeron Complex (Mill Creek) Fire | 7,892 | Jul 20, 2005 | Natural |
| Sunrise Complex (Cove) Fire | 5,241 | Jul 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Neck Fire | 4,931 | Jul 21, 2005 | Natural |
| North Neola Fire | 4,047 | Aug 27, 2005 | 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.