Dallas Canyon Fire
201243,385 acresUtah
The Dallas Canyon Fire burned 43,385 acres, about 68 square miles, across Tooele County. It began on July 27, 2012.
Watch how it happenedDallas Canyon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 4.4% | 1,899 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 56% | 24,493 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 21% | 9,159 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 18% | 7,820 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 4% burned at moderate 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.
| Tooele County | UT | 43,386 |
Other large fires in Utah in 2012
- Clay Springs Fire107,339 acres
- Wood Hollow Fire46,734 acres
- Seeley Fire44,589 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.