Wildfires of 1980

Emerald Lake Fire

1980ColoradoWildfire

The Emerald Lake Fire burned 10,069 acres in Colorado, in 1980. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.

Size
10,069 acres

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 10,069 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 39.901, -107.070.

The record

Area inside the final perimeter
10,069 acres
State
Colorado
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
COWRF
Incident type
Wildfire
Note on the perimeter
Eagle Records

Other large fires in Colorado in 19803

FireAcresStartCause
Bear Trap Fire2,048
Weller Lake Fire1,211
Klinensmith Fire1,057

Every fire of 1980 Colorado fire history

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.