Bluegravel Fire
The Bluegravel Fire burned 1,800 acres in Colorado, in 1994. It was discovered on July 13, 1994, and contained on July 15, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,800 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 1994
- Contained
- July 15, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,255 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.767, -107.651.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,255 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 1994, 2:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 1994, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4074710762419940713
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-27556
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 7,271 | Jul 13, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Jul 23, 1994 | Human |
| Wake Fire | 3,848 | Jul 4, 1994 | Natural |
| Two Road Fire | 3,625 | Jul 12, 1994 | Natural |
| Ute Creek Fire | 3,190 | Jul 12, 1994 | Natural |
| So. Canyon Fire | 2,115 | Jul 3, 1994 | Natural |
| FLETCHER2 Fire | 1,798 | Jun 26, 1994 | Natural |
| Wray Fire | 1,631 | Jul 13, 1994 | Natural |
| Buniger Canyon Fire | 1,600 | Jun 26, 1994 | Natural |
| Framus Fire | 1,300 | Aug 30, 1994 | Natural |
| Hourglass Fire | 1,253 | ||
| Hourglass Fire | 1,221 | Jul 1, 1994 | Natural |
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.