Westtoe Fire
The Westtoe Fire burned 5,390 acres in Colorado, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to June 21, 1986.
- Size
- 5,390 acres
- Ignition
- June 21, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,390 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.138, -109.011.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,390 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 21, 1986
- State
- Colorado
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3713810901119860621
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Colorado in 19865
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 25,753 | Mar 26, 1986 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,206 | Aug 5, 1986 | |
| Hogan Fire | 5,300 | Jun 21, 1986 | |
| Big Joe Fire | 2,536 | Aug 16, 1986 | |
| Long Fire | 1,190 | Aug 9, 1986 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.