Thirty Two Fire
The Thirty Two Fire burned 1,152 acres in Box Elder County, Utah, in 2013. It was discovered on July 8, 2013, and contained on July 8, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,152 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2013
- Contained
- July 8, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,115 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.802, -112.392.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,152 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,115 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2013, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 2013, 9:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Utah
- County
- Box Elder County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- UT4182011233920130708
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2013UTFFSL65294-2013
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 20139
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patch Springs Fire | 31,010 | Aug 10, 2013 | Natural |
| State Fire | 9,674 | Aug 8, 2013 | Natural |
| Antelope Fire | 5,451 | Jun 28, 2013 | Natural |
| Black Mountain Fire | 4,324 | Jul 2, 2013 | Natural |
| Playground Fire | 2,539 | Jul 20, 2013 | Natural |
| Millville Fire | 2,200 | Aug 11, 2013 | Natural |
| Rockport Fire | 1,920 | Aug 13, 2013 | Natural |
| Wildflower Fire | 1,748 | Jun 29, 2013 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,577 | Aug 15, 2013 | 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.