Big Pole Fire
The Big Pole Fire burned 44,345 acres in Tooele County, Utah, in 2009. It was discovered on August 6, 2009, and contained on October 14, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 44,345 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2009
- Contained
- October 14, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 41,564 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.614, -112.666.
The record
- Reported final size
- 44,345 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 41,564 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 43,923 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2009, 9:35 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 14, 2009, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Tooele County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- UTSLD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-UTSLD-000554
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4060311265520090806
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1478943
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- blank
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Avocet 2009 Fire | 2,400 | Mar 17, 2009 |
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.