Wildfires of 2006

East Mesa RX

2006UtahPrescribed fire

The East Mesa RX burned 1,279 acres in Utah, in 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to April 26, 2006.

Size
1,279 acres
Ignition
April 26, 2006

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,279 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.295, -112.916.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,279 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
April 26, 2006
State
Utah
Incident type
Prescribed fire
MTBS fire identifier
UT3728911292420060426
MTBS assessment
Extended
Note on the perimeter
Same year extended assessment was done because burn scar not visible for next year EA. NPS Fire perimeter was used available in NPS Wildland fire feature server and as appropriate fire perimeter was further revised based on the visible fire/burn scar in

Other large fires in Utah in 200612

FireAcresStartCause
Jarvis Fire50,737Jun 25, 2006Human
Bull Complex41,451Jun 28, 2006Natural
Dog Valley Fire28,661Jul 16, 2006Natural
Hogups Fire28,505Aug 8, 2006Natural
Cove Mountain Fire17,766Jun 30, 2006
Kolob Fire17,632Jun 24, 2006Human
Scorpio Fire14,549Jun 30, 2006Natural
Devils Den Fire14,154Aug 15, 2006Natural
Twin Peaks Fire10,204Jul 18, 2006Natural
Oak City Fire9,740Jul 16, 2006Human
Badger Fire7,953Aug 12, 2006Natural
Ranch Fire5,283Jul 16, 2006Human

Every fire of 2006 Utah fire history

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. 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.