Lowrys Fire
The Lowrys Fire burned 2,862 acres in Sanpete County, Utah, in 2007. It was discovered on August 20, 2007, and contained on November 19, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,862 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2007
- Contained
- November 19, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,785 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.219, -112.020.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,862 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,785 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,920 acres
- Discovered
- August 20, 2007, 2:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 19, 2007, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Sanpete County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Richfield Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTRID
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-UTRID-555554
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3922011201220070820
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-555554
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Flat Fire | 357,185 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Neola North Fire | 43,830 | Jun 29, 2007 | Human |
| Quincy Fire | 25,582 | Jun 5, 2007 | Human |
| Salt Creek Fire | 25,456 | Jul 19, 2007 | Human |
| Monarch Fire | 24,594 | Jul 18, 2007 | Natural |
| Greenville Fire | 14,656 | Jul 10, 2007 | Human |
| Kimball Fire | 14,294 | ||
| Kimbell Fire | 14,293 | Jul 17, 2007 | Natural |
| Duffy Fire | 9,529 | Aug 15, 2007 | Natural |
| Dakota Hill Fire | 9,190 | Jul 16, 2007 | Natural |
| Dakota Hills Fire | 7,061 | ||
| Locomotive Springs Fire | 6,516 | Jul 25, 2007 | Natural |
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.