Bridge Fire
The Bridge Fire burned 4,759 acres in Garfield County, Utah, in 2009. It was discovered on June 14, 2009, and contained on September 5, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,759 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2009
- Contained
- September 5, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,493 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.546, -112.275.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,759 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,493 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,761 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2009, 2:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 5, 2009, 3:46 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Garfield County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Dixie National Forest
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- UTBRP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-UTBRP-000001
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3757211224320090614
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1476970
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| 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.