Bircher Fire
The Bircher Fire burned 23,220 acres in Colorado, in 2000. It was discovered on July 20, 2000, and contained on August 5, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 23,220 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 2000
- Contained
- August 5, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 23,332 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.307, -108.389.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,220 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 23,332 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 22,428 acres
- Discovered
- July 20, 2000, 12:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 5, 2000, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COMNX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2000-COSJD-000047
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3722510840420000720
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-253519
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiowa County Fire | 16,000 | Apr 18, 2000 | Human |
| Busterflat Fire | 11,032 | Jul 3, 2000 | Natural |
| High Meadows Fire | 10,800 | Jun 12, 2000 | Human |
| Bobcat Fire | 10,599 | Jun 12, 2000 | Human |
| Pinyon Canyon Fire | 8,871 | ||
| Winter Valley Fire | 8,603 | Jul 24, 2000 | Natural |
| Busterflat Fire | 8,494 | ||
| Mustang Ck Fire | 6,600 | Apr 18, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,554 | Sep 7, 2000 | |
| Cone Mountain Fire | 4,580 | Jul 3, 2000 | Natural |
| Scandard Fire | 4,030 | Jul 22, 2000 | Natural |
| Pony Fire | 3,888 | Aug 2, 2000 | Natural |
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.