Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 3,726 acres in Colorado, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to October 4, 1997.
- Size
- 3,726 acres
- Ignition
- October 4, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,726 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 38.488, -104.334.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,726 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 4, 1997
- State
- Colorado
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3851310432319971004
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Colorado in 19974
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sewemup Fire | 4,600 | Jun 29, 1997 | Natural |
| Sewemup Fire | 4,541 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 4,379 | Mar 22, 1997 | |
| West Elk Fire | 1,587 |
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. 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.