Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 900 acres in Colorado, in 1994. It was discovered on July 5, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 900 acres
- Discovered
- July 5, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,721 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.507, -102.886.
The record
- Reported final size
- 900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,721 acres
- Discovered
- July 5, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Reporting unit
- Park County
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3748810283919940705
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- CO_12524
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 |
| 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 |
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.