Mad Creek Fire
The Mad Creek Fire burned 1,270 acres in Routt County, Colorado, in 2001. It was discovered on July 8, 2001, and contained on October 29, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2001
- Contained
- October 29, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,436 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.662, -106.795.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,270 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,436 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,259 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2001, 9:06 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 29, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Routt County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Thunder Basin National Grassland
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4066510677520010708
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-373816
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 | |
| 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.