East Mesa RX
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
| 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. 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.