Death Ridge Fire
The Death Ridge Fire burned 2,500 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2006. It was discovered on June 7, 2006, and contained on June 8, 2006. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- June 7, 2006
- Contained
- June 8, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,420 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.191, -112.869.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,420 acres
- Discovered
- June 7, 2006, 1:29 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 8, 2006, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Utah
- County
- Box Elder County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4117111287420060607
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-529802
- Note on the perimeter
- Too much variability in area to process as change in severity. Occl wetlands area.
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarvis Fire | 50,737 | Jun 25, 2006 | Human |
| Bull Complex | 41,451 | Jun 28, 2006 | Natural |
| Dog Valley Fire | 28,661 | Jul 16, 2006 | Natural |
| Hogups Fire | 28,505 | Aug 8, 2006 | Natural |
| Cove Mountain Fire | 17,766 | Jun 30, 2006 | |
| Kolob Fire | 17,632 | Jun 24, 2006 | Human |
| Scorpio Fire | 14,549 | Jun 30, 2006 | Natural |
| Devils Den Fire | 14,154 | Aug 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Twin Peaks Fire | 10,204 | Jul 18, 2006 | Natural |
| Oak City Fire | 9,740 | Jul 16, 2006 | Human |
| Badger Fire | 7,953 | Aug 12, 2006 | Natural |
| Ranch Fire | 5,283 | Jul 16, 2006 | Human |
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.