FLETCHER2 Fire
The FLETCHER2 Fire burned 1,798 acres in Colorado, in 1994. It was discovered on June 26, 1994, and contained on June 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,798 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 1994
- Contained
- June 30, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,832 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.133, -108.634.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,798 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,832 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,165 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 1994, 1:53 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COWRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4013010863019940626
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-27481
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Other
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 |
| Bluegravel Fire | 1,800 | Jul 13, 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
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. 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.