White Knoll Fire
The White Knoll Fire burned 1,550 acres in Sanpete County, Utah, in 2005. It was discovered on July 14, 2005, and contained on November 29, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,550 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2005
- Contained
- November 29, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,318 acres, mapped by gps - uncorrected data. Point of origin as reported, 39.273, -111.346.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,550 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,318 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2005, 6:39 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 29, 2005, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Sanpete County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Manti-Lasal National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTMLF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-UTMLF-005125
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1423563
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Wildland Fire Use
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
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. 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.