Bear Trap Fire
The Bear Trap Fire burned 2,048 acres in Colorado, in 1980. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 2,048 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,048 acres, mapped by other. Middle of the perimeter, 40.873, -105.652.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,048 acres
- State
- Colorado
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Perimeter map method
- Other
Other large fires in Colorado in 19803
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerald Lake Fire | 10,069 | ||
| Weller Lake Fire | 1,211 | ||
| Klinensmith Fire | 1,057 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.