Wildfires of 2000

Mustang Ck Fire

2000Kiowa County, ColoradoWildfire

The Mustang Ck Fire burned 6,600 acres in Kiowa County, Colorado, in 2000. It was discovered on April 18, 2000, and contained on April 20, 2000. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.

Size
6,600 acres
Discovered
April 18, 2000
Contained
April 20, 2000
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 38.415, -106.345.

The record

Reported final size
6,600 acres
Discovered
April 18, 2000, 1:00 p.m. local time
Contained
April 20, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
State
Colorado
County
Kiowa County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
Royal Gorge Field Office
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-93650

Other large fires in Colorado in 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Bircher Fire23,220Jul 20, 2000Natural
Kiowa County Fire16,000Apr 18, 2000Human
Busterflat Fire11,032Jul 3, 2000Natural
High Meadows Fire10,800Jun 12, 2000Human
Bobcat Fire10,599Jun 12, 2000Human
Pinyon Canyon Fire8,871
Winter Valley Fire8,603Jul 24, 2000Natural
Busterflat Fire8,494
Unnamed Fire5,554Sep 7, 2000
Cone Mountain Fire4,580Jul 3, 2000Natural
Scandard Fire4,030Jul 22, 2000Natural
Pony Fire3,888Aug 2, 2000Natural

Every fire of 2000 Colorado fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.