Walsh Knolls Fire
The Walsh Knolls Fire burned 1,095 acres in Uintah County, Colorado, in 1999. It was discovered on June 25, 1999, and contained on June 26, 1999. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,095 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 1999
- Contained
- June 26, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,453 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.068, -109.069.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,095 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,453 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 1999, 2:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 26, 1999, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Uintah County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Vernal Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4009210904019990625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-708
- Note on the perimeter
- large shrub/few trees
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 | |
| 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.