Telephone Fire
The Telephone Fire burned 1,135 acres in Colorado, in 1996. It was discovered on July 23, 1996, and contained on July 28, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,135 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 1996
- Contained
- July 28, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,314 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.298, -108.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,135 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,314 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 1996, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-313668
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion Fire | 13,775 | Aug 3, 1996 | Natural |
| Buffalo Creek Fire | 11,875 | May 18, 1996 | Human |
| Canyon Fire | 9,523 | Apr 1, 1996 | Human |
| Hatchet Fire | 5,580 | Jul 23, 1996 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,929 | Feb 24, 1996 | |
| Chapin 5 Fire | 4,781 | Aug 18, 1996 | Natural |
| Disappointment Fire | 3,840 | Jul 20, 1996 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,693 | Feb 24, 1996 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,253 | Feb 18, 1996 | |
| L.d.falls Fire | 2,201 | Jul 6, 1996 | Natural |
| ZENOBIA2 Fire | 2,149 | Jul 12, 1996 | Natural |
| Three Springs 2 Fire | 2,000 | Aug 2, 1996 | 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. 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.