Broken Ridge Fire
The Broken Ridge Fire burned 4,929 acres in Iron County, Utah, in 2009. It was discovered on August 2, 2009, and contained on August 18, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,929 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2009
- Contained
- August 18, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,454 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.070, -113.594.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,929 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,454 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,929 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2009, 2:09 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Iron County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTSWS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-UTSWS-090496
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3810811358720090802
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-593215
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 |
| 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.