Big Gulch Fire
The Big Gulch Fire burned 2,400 acres in Colorado, in 1993. It was discovered on July 15, 1993, and contained on July 17, 1993. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,400 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 1993
- Contained
- July 17, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,606 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.833, -107.917.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,606 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 1993, 12:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 1993, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4086910789019930715
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-34043
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Colorado in 19933
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbeam Fire | 12,410 | Jul 10, 1993 | Human |
| Wapiti Fire | 9,600 | Aug 16, 1993 | Human |
| Red Wash Fire | 3,940 | Sep 30, 1993 | Human |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.