3 Springs Prescribed Fire
The 3 Springs Prescribed Fire burned 1,471 acres in Colorado, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to January 1, 1998.
- Size
- 1,471 acres
- Ignition
- January 1, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,471 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.420, -108.711.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,471 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 1, 1998
- State
- Colorado
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4042010872219980101
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Colorado in 19984
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 18,203 | Mar 25, 1998 | |
| North Divide Fire | 3,487 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 3,184 | Mar 6, 1998 | |
| Rainbow Fire | 2,205 |
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.