Wagon Road Fire
The Wagon Road Fire burned 1,384 acres in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, in 1999. It was discovered on September 30, 1999, and contained on October 3, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,384 acres
- Discovered
- September 30, 1999
- Contained
- October 3, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,587 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.775, -108.511.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,384 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,587 acres
- Discovered
- September 30, 1999, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 3, 1999, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3979310847319990930
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-91763
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 | |
| 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. 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.