Wildfires of 2005

White Knoll Fire

2005Sanpete County, UtahWildfire

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

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

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.