Jones Fire
The Jones Fire burned 1,379 acres in Mesa County, Colorado, in 1999. It was discovered on July 2, 1999, and contained on July 8, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,379 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 1999
- Contained
- July 8, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,389 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.050, -108.984.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,379 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,389 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 778 acres
- Discovered
- July 2, 1999, 2:38 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Mesa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Grand Junction
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COGRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-COGJD-000344
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3907310898819990702
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-1584
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Note on the perimeter
- rips# 271685 ; 1,684 acres seeded (206 drilled & 1,477 aerial)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bramiers Fire | 2,607 | Jun 27, 1999 | Natural |
| 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 |
| 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.