Ecklund Fire
The Ecklund Fire burned 3,239 acres in Colorado, in 2001. It was discovered on July 17, 2001, and contained on October 5, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,239 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2001
- Contained
- October 5, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,243 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.646, -108.958.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,239 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,243 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,241 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2001, 1:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 5, 2001, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- CODSP
- Part of
- Ecklund Complex
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-CODSP-000036
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4066110894720010717
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2001COBPR6965
- 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 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 | |
| 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 |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,170 | May 18, 2001 |
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.