Bramiers Fire
The Bramiers Fire burned 2,607 acres in Montrose County, Colorado, in 1999. It was discovered on June 27, 1999, and contained on July 12, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,607 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 1999
- Contained
- July 12, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,585 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.168, -108.473.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,607 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,585 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,734 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 1999, 12:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 12, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Montrose County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southwest District, Montrose
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3816910855919990627
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-1526
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 19999
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toms Cyn Fire | 2,152 | Jul 2, 1999 | Natural |
| BlkRdg Cmp 1 Fire | 1,955 | ||
| Rabbit Valley Fire | 1,770 | Jul 2, 1999 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,621 | Nov 20, 1999 | |
| Wagon Road Fire | 1,384 | Sep 30, 1999 | Human |
| Jones Fire | 1,379 | Jul 2, 1999 | Natural |
| Dominguez Fire | 1,280 | Apr 18, 1999 | |
| Walsh Knolls Fire | 1,095 | Jun 25, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 781 | Oct 2, 1999 | Human |
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. 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.