West Elk Fire
The West Elk Fire burned 1,587 acres in Colorado, in 1997. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,587 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,587 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 38.549, -107.270.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,587 acres
- State
- Colorado
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COCCP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1997-COCCP-000005
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire charge code EKB5
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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,726 | Oct 4, 1997 |
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. 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.