Davis Draw Fire
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| York Fire | 25,436 | ||
| Mvd Psfrxasst 4 Fire | 7,368 | Sep 26, 2001 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,758 | Aug 25, 2001 | |
| Ecklund Fire | 3,239 | Jul 17, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Jun 30, 2001 | Natural |
| Bull Hill Fire | 2,057 | Jul 10, 2001 | |
| Jelly Fire | 1,919 | Aug 12, 2001 | Human |
| Weaver Ranch Fire | 1,600 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
| Battlement Fire | 1,404 | Apr 17, 2001 | |
| Mad Creek Fire | 1,270 | Jul 8, 2001 | Natural |
| Spring Fire | 1,268 | Nov 7, 2001 | Human |
| Carter Lake Fire | 1,216 | Oct 31, 2001 | Human |
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.