Wake Fire
The Wake Fire burned 3,848 acres in Colorado, in 1994. It was discovered on July 4, 1994, and contained on July 8, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,848 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 1994
- Contained
- July 8, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,836 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.850, -107.684.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,848 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,836 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,848 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 1994, 1:29 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southwest District, Montrose
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3886410767219940704
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-28097
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Walked and Driven
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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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.