Red Hill Fire
The Red Hill Fire burned 2,480 acres in Washington County, Utah, in 2006. It was discovered on July 24, 2006, and contained on September 9, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,480 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2006
- Contained
- September 9, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,775 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.231, -113.750.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,480 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,775 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,480 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2006, 5:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Washington County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Part of
- Reilly Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3723811373620060724
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-538579
- Note on the perimeter
- REILLY COMPLEX/RED HILLS C1C5
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
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. 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.