Wrangler Fire
The Wrangler Fire burned 8,455 acres in Iron County, Utah, in 2011. It was discovered on August 5, 2011, and contained on August 13, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,455 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2011
- Contained
- August 13, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,502 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.111, -113.158.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,455 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,502 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,455 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 13, 2011, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Iron County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- UTCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-UTCCD-110513
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT3811111315820110805
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-626521
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Note on the perimeter
- GPS Trimble Juno - CC Fire
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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Fire | 16,267 | Jul 16, 2011 | Human |
| 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 |
| Sunset Campground Fire | 1,107 | Aug 17, 2011 | |
| Goose Nest Fire | 1,079 | Jul 18, 2011 | Natural |
| West Sahara Fire | 1,056 | Aug 15, 2011 | Natural |
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.