Red Fire
The Red Fire burned 300 acres in Washington County, Utah, in 2005. It was discovered on June 22, 2005, and contained on June 30, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 300 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2005
- Contained
- June 30, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,769 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.267, -113.950.
The record
- Reported final size
- 300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,769 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2005, 7:44 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 2005, 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
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3728011396020050622
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-501531
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 |
| Park Valley Fire | 18,420 | Jul 22, 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 |
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.