Pinto Mesa Prescribed Fire
The Pinto Mesa Prescribed Fire burned 1,070 acres in Colorado, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to July 17, 1999.
- Size
- 1,070 acres
- Ignition
- July 17, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,070 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.016, -108.405.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,070 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 17, 1999
- State
- Colorado
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4001510841219990717
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Colorado in 199910
| 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 |
| 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
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.