Wildfires of 2005

White Knoll Fire

2005Emery County, UtahWildfire

The White Knoll Fire burned 1,100 acres in Emery County, Utah, in 2005. It was discovered on July 20, 2005, and contained on August 4, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,100 acres
Discovered
July 20, 2005
Contained
August 4, 2005
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 39.269, -111.342.

The record

Reported final size
1,100 acres
Discovered
July 20, 2005, 12:00 p.m. local time
Contained
August 4, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Utah
County
Emery County
Reporting unit
Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2005UTFFSL13363-2005

Other large fires in Utah in 200512

FireAcresStartCause
Westside Complex65,480Jun 23, 2005Natural
Ditto Fire22,874Jul 12, 2005Human
Park Valley Fire18,420Jul 22, 2005Human
West Gilson Fire14,604Jul 14, 2005Natural
Sunrise Complex (Sunrise) Fire12,310Jul 22, 2005
Blue Spring Fire12,286Jun 25, 2005Natural
Dammeron Complex (Dammeron) Fire9,593Jul 15, 2005Natural
Sunrise Complex (Oak) Fire9,534Jul 21, 2005Natural
Diamond Complex (Diamond Valley) Fire8,474Jun 28, 2005Natural
Dammeron Complex (Mill Creek) Fire7,892Jul 20, 2005Natural
Sunrise Complex (Cove) Fire5,241Jul 22, 2005Natural
Neck Fire4,931Jul 21, 2005Natural

Every fire of 2005 Utah fire history

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Sources

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.