Aztecthree Fire
The Aztecthree Fire burned 2,856 acres in Colorado, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to July 5, 1987.
- Size
- 2,856 acres
- Ignition
- July 5, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,856 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 37.075, -108.861.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,856 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 5, 1987
- State
- Colorado
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3707510886119870705
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire boundary is not clearly visible to delineate perimeter
Other large fires in Colorado in 19876
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlement Fire | 3,847 | Jul 7, 1987 | |
| Sierra Fire | 3,465 | Jul 20, 1987 | |
| Gadfly Fire | 3,088 | Jul 23, 1987 | |
| Dinosaur Fire | 2,794 | ||
| Tank Fire | 2,414 | Aug 20, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,847 | Aug 5, 1987 |
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.