Machine Gun Fire
The Machine Gun Fire burned 4,326 acres in Salt Lake County, Utah, in 2010. It was discovered on September 19, 2010, and contained on September 27, 2010. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 4,326 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2010
- Contained
- September 27, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,077 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.409, -112.081.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,326 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,077 acres
- Discovered
- September 19, 2010, 12:51 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 27, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Utah
- County
- Salt Lake County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Salt Lake Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4045611205520100919
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-612855
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 20106
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twitchell Canyon Fire | 44,892 | Jul 20, 2010 | Natural |
| Coffee Pot Fire | 1,968 | Jul 18, 2010 | Natural |
| Delle Fire | 1,396 | Jun 15, 2010 | Human |
| Eight Mile Fire | 1,376 | Oct 1, 2010 | Human |
| Fish Springs 2010 Fire | 1,027 | Mar 23, 2010 | |
| Augusi Fire | 958 | Aug 26, 2010 | 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.