Puma Prescribed Fire
The Puma Prescribed Fire burned 3,256 acres in Utah, in 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to August 22, 2008.
- Size
- 3,256 acres
- Ignition
- August 22, 2008
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,256 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.494, -112.268.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,256 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 22, 2008
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3749411226820080822
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Note on the perimeter
- North quarter of park provided perimeter removed not burned
Other large fires in Utah in 20086
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pintail Flat Fire | 4,000 | Apr 18, 2008 | Human |
| Porcupine Ranch Fire | 3,432 | Aug 27, 2008 | Natural |
| Friedal Fire | 2,782 | Aug 21, 2008 | Human |
| 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. 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.