Wildfires of 2001

Davis Draw Fire

2001Moffat County, ColoradoWildfire

The Davis Draw Fire burned 1,061 acres in Moffat County, Colorado, in 2001. It was discovered on July 17, 2001, and contained on September 10, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,061 acres
Discovered
July 17, 2001
Contained
September 10, 2001
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,419 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.753, -108.963.

The record

Reported final size
1,061 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,419 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,061 acres
Discovered
July 17, 2001, 2:00 p.m. local time
Contained
September 10, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Colorado
County
Moffat County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Northwest District, Craig
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
COLSD
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2001-COLSD-000350
MTBS fire identifier
CO4078310895020010717
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-105981
Perimeter map method
GPS-Driven

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 200112

FireAcresStartCause
York Fire25,436
Mvd Psfrxasst 4 Fire7,368Sep 26, 2001
Unnamed Fire3,758Aug 25, 2001
Ecklund Fire3,239Jul 17, 2001Natural
Unnamed Fire3,000Jun 30, 2001Natural
Bull Hill Fire2,057Jul 10, 2001
Jelly Fire1,919Aug 12, 2001Human
Weaver Ranch Fire1,600Oct 31, 2001Human
Battlement Fire1,404Apr 17, 2001
Mad Creek Fire1,270Jul 8, 2001Natural
Spring Fire1,268Nov 7, 2001Human
Carter Lake Fire1,216Oct 31, 2001Human

Every fire of 2001 Colorado fire history

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.