Taylor Fire
The Taylor Fire burned 2,101 acres in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, in 2000. It was discovered on May 28, 2000, and contained on June 1, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,101 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2000
- Contained
- June 1, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,123 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.101, -108.691.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,101 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,123 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,101 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 2000, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 1, 2000, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COWRD
- Part of
- Taylor/Yanks Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2000-COWRD-000101
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4011310867520000528
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-94169
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bircher Fire | 23,220 | Jul 20, 2000 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.