Hansel Valley Fire
The Hansel Valley Fire burned 1,380 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2009. It was discovered on August 6, 2009, and contained on August 8, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,380 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2009
- Contained
- August 8, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,969 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.808, -112.609.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,380 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,969 acres
- Discovered
- August 6, 2009, 1:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Box Elder County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Bear River Area
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4178011259620090806
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_UT-BRS-000550
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 |
| 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. 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.