Skull Creek Fire
The Skull Creek Fire burned 1,069 acres in Colorado, in 1995. It was discovered on September 16, 1995, and contained on September 18, 1995. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,069 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 1995
- Contained
- September 18, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,305 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.333, -108.651.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,069 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,305 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 1995, 3:22 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 18, 1995, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4034110867819950916
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-22663
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 19953
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,100 | Sep 4, 1995 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Oct 21, 1995 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Sep 4, 1995 | 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.