Sunset Campground Fire
The Sunset Campground Fire burned 1,107 acres in Utah, in 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to August 17, 2011.
- Size
- 1,107 acres
- Ignition
- August 17, 2011
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,107 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.619, -112.188.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,107 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 17, 2011
- State
- Utah
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3761911218820110817
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Utah in 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Fire | 16,267 | Jul 16, 2011 | Human |
| Wrangler Fire | 8,455 | Aug 5, 2011 | Natural |
| Locomotive Fire | 5,916 | Aug 20, 2011 | Natural |
| Maple Canyon Fire | 4,900 | Aug 31, 2011 | Natural |
| Jericho Fire | 2,192 | Sep 1, 2011 | Natural |
| Chaparral Fire | 1,712 | Aug 6, 2011 | Human |
| Rattlesnake Pass Fire | 1,421 | Aug 20, 2011 | Natural |
| Goose_Nest Fire | 1,404 | Sep 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Barn Fire | 1,375 | Jun 10, 2011 | Human |
| Cottonwood Fire | 1,113 | Jun 16, 2011 | Human |
| Goose Nest Fire | 1,079 | Jul 18, 2011 | Natural |
| West Sahara Fire | 1,056 | Aug 15, 2011 | 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. 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.