Avocet 2009 Fire
The Avocet 2009 Fire burned 2,400 acres in Utah, in 2009. MTBS dates its ignition to March 17, 2009.
- Size
- 2,400 acres
- Ignition
- March 17, 2009
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,400 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 39.836, -113.373.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,400 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 17, 2009
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3983611337320090317
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in Utah in 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pole Fire | 44,345 | Aug 6, 2009 | Natural |
| Dairy Valley Fire | 29,731 | ||
| Devils Den Fire | 14,371 | ||
| Mill Flat Fire | 12,607 | Jul 25, 2009 | Natural |
| White Rocks 1 Fire | 7,981 | Aug 6, 2009 | Natural |
| Sawmill Canyon Fire | 6,986 | Aug 5, 2009 | Natural |
| Broken Ridge Fire | 4,929 | Aug 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Bridge Fire | 4,759 | Jun 14, 2009 | Natural |
| Rat Hole Fire | 3,115 | Jul 21, 2009 | Natural |
| Horse Valley Fire | 2,889 | Jul 5, 2009 | Natural |
| Blind Canyon Fire | 2,602 | Jul 15, 2009 | Natural |
| Solomon Basin Wfm Fire | 2,475 | Jul 30, 2009 | Natural |
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.