Long Canyon Fire
The Long Canyon Fire burned 4,000 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2012. It was discovered on May 24, 2012, and contained on June 7, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 24, 2012
- Contained
- June 7, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,450 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.370, -112.332.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,450 acres
- Discovered
- May 24, 2012, 9:44 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 7, 2012, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Utah
- County
- Box Elder County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4130811247020120524
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012UTFFSL61208-2012
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Springs Fire | 107,847 | Jun 27, 2012 | Human |
| Seeley Fire | 48,986 | Jun 26, 2012 | Natural |
| Wood Hollow Fire | 47,387 | Jun 23, 2012 | Human |
| Dallas Canyon Fire | 43,660 | Jul 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Faust Fire | 22,045 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Wolf Den Fire | 20,049 | Jun 29, 2012 | Natural |
| Baboon Fire | 19,779 | Jul 12, 2012 | Natural |
| Grease Fire | 15,898 | Jun 22, 2012 | Human |
| Shingle Fire | 8,061 | Jul 1, 2012 | Human |
| Church Camp Fire | 7,221 | Jun 24, 2012 | Natural |
| Pinyon Fire | 5,766 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Dump Fire | 5,507 | Jun 21, 2012 | Human |
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.