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    In 2012, 28 wildfires burned over 394,000 acres in Utah, resulting in estimated costs of $47 million. 67 primary homes and 193 outbuildings were destroyed, and there was 1 fatality. Humans started 459 fires while lightning started 160. The largest fire was the 2007 Milford Flat Fire, which burned 363,052 acres and caused the closure of a stretch of I-15 after a motorcycle accident killed two people. Wildfire activity has generally increased over the last decade in terms of both the number of fires and total acres burned each year.

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    In 2012, 28 wildfires burned over 394,000 acres in Utah, resulting in estimated costs of $47 million. 67 primary homes and 193 outbuildings were destroyed, and there was 1 fatality. Humans started 459 fires while lightning started 160. The largest fire was the 2007 Milford Flat Fire, which burned 363,052 acres and caused the closure of a stretch of I-15 after a motorcycle accident killed two people. Wildfire activity has generally increased over the last decade in terms of both the number of fires and total acres burned each year.

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    In 2012, 28 wildfires burned over 394,000 acres in Utah, resulting in estimated costs of $47 million. 67 primary homes and 193 outbuildings were destroyed, and there was 1 fatality. Humans started 459 fires while lightning started 160. The largest fire was the 2007 Milford Flat Fire, which burned 363,052 acres and caused the closure of a stretch of I-15 after a motorcycle accident killed two people. Wildfire activity has generally increased over the last decade in terms of both the number of fires and total acres burned each year.

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    The costs of 2012 large wildres*

    28 individual res, June 1 - July 15

    $47,154,795
    Estimated costs

    394,614
    Acres burned Black Hill $20,000

    67
    Primary homes destroyed

    193
    Outbuildings destroyed

    1
    Death

    Human caused versus lightning caused


    2012 wildland re activity
    Humans caused 459 wildland res Lightning caused 160 wildland res

    North Lucky 7
    $35,000

    Meadow
    $500,000

    LOGAN

    Rhyolite
    $170,000

    $840,000
    80

    Red Butte

    74%
    Flood Canyon
    222,447 acres have burned from re caused by humans

    26%
    172,167 acres have burned from re caused by lightning

    $290,000

    15

    SALT LAKE CITY

    Pole Creek
    $317,000
    VERNAL

    80

    Copper Mountain
    $30,000

    Ophir Creek $40,000 Rose Crest $529,000 Wiley


    $204,000

    Quail
    PROVO

    $1,100,000
    DUCHESNE

    40

    Little Cove
    $10,000

    $2,100,000

    Dump

    56%
    $1,916,700

    44%

    Wood Hollow
    $5,782,095

    $160,000 N E P H I

    AR Fire

    6
    PRICE

    Church Camp
    $5,700,000

    Wolf Den

    $20,000

    Grease Fire Clay Springs


    $6,600,000

    Seeley
    $8,460,000
    70

    Largest wildre in Utah history


    The Milford Flat re was started by lightning on Saturday, July 7, 2007. It burned a total 363,052 acres and a stretch of I-15 was closed after smoke and congestion caused a motorcycle wreck that killed two people. The re was fully contained July 15, 2007.
    363,052 acres burned Fire perimeter
    Sevier Lake
    Detail area

    GlenAnna
    $160,000

    $3,005,000

    Box Creek

    Baboon
    $605,000
    15

    Lost Lake Lake Creek $3,200,000


    $250,000

    89

    New Harmony
    $421,000

    CEDAR CITY

    Shingle
    ST.GEORGE

    15 Fillmore

    $7,130,000

    Fire origin

    Kanosh
    Cove Fort

    70

    Sevier Mandereld Beaver


    89
    20
    N

    Fires and Acres Burned, 2002-2012


    Number of acres burned
    700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000

    * Large res are dened as those of 100 acres or more with heavy fuels, like trees and other timber, or those of 300 acres or more with light fuels, like brush or grass.

    Milford

    20 miles

    Number of wildres
    2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0

    2003

    2005

    2007

    2009

    2011

    2003

    2005

    2007

    2009

    2011
    The Salt Lake Tribune

    Sources: National Interagency Fire Center (nifc.gov), ww w.utahreinfo.gov, Eastern Great Basin Coordination Center

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