Friedal Fire
The Friedal Fire burned 2,782 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2008. It was discovered on August 21, 2008, and contained on August 22, 2008. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,782 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2008
- Contained
- August 22, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,667 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.884, -112.490.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,782 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,667 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2008, 2:44 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 22, 2008, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Utah
- County
- Box Elder County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Bear River Area
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4185511249720080821
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_UT-BRS-000628
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 20085
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pintail Flat Fire | 4,000 | Apr 18, 2008 | Human |
| Porcupine Ranch Fire | 3,432 | Aug 27, 2008 | Natural |
| Corn Creek Fire | 2,269 | Jun 15, 2008 | Human |
| Devil Fire | 1,588 | Aug 10, 2008 | Natural |
| Bear Creek Fire | 1,464 | Jun 26, 2008 | 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.