Clay Springs Fire
2012107,339 acresUtah
The Clay Springs Fire burned 107,339 acres, about 168 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on June 27, 2012.
Watch how it happenedClay Springs Fire · 2012
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 8.1% | 8,736 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 15% | 16,621 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 28% | 30,370 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 48% | 51,488 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 123 |
8% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 8,736 acres; 24% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Millard County | UT | 71,875 |
| Juab County | UT | 35,516 |
Other large fires in Utah in 2012
- Wood Hollow Fire46,734 acres
- Seeley Fire44,589 acres
- Dallas Canyon Fire43,385 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.