Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 781 acres in Moffat County, Colorado, in 1999. It was discovered on October 2, 1999, and contained on October 3, 1999. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 781 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 1999
- Contained
- October 3, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,154 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.573, -107.915.
The record
- Reported final size
- 781 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,154 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 3, 1999, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Moffat County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4057110788619991002
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-91760
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 |
| Jones Fire | 1,379 | Jul 2, 1999 | Natural |
| Dominguez Fire | 1,280 | Apr 18, 1999 | |
| Walsh Knolls Fire | 1,095 | Jun 25, 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. 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.