Spring Fire
The Spring Fire burned 1,268 acres in Weld County, Colorado, in 2001. It was discovered on November 7, 2001, and contained on November 7, 2001. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,268 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 2001
- Contained
- November 7, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,377 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.856, -104.368.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,268 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,377 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,379 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 2001, 11:41 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 7, 2001, 4:15 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Weld County
- Reporting unit
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4083210437120011107
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-374161
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 |
| 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.