Blind Canyon Fire
The Blind Canyon Fire burned 2,602 acres in Uintah County, Utah, in 2009. It was discovered on July 15, 2009, and contained on October 27, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,602 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2009
- Contained
- October 27, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,441 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.536, -109.490.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,602 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,441 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,521 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2009, 3:58 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 27, 2009, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Uintah County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Vernal Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTVLD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-UTVLD-590107
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3951710949120090715
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-590107
- Note on the perimeter
- Merged with 11.5 acre Winter Ridge fire (E1C4)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.