Kirkwell Fire
The Kirkwell Fire burned 1,350 acres in Colorado, in 2002. It was discovered on May 26, 2002, and contained on May 27, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,350 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 2002
- Contained
- May 27, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 37.185, -102.878.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,350 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 552 acres
- Discovered
- May 26, 2002, 2:36 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 27, 2002, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- COPSF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-384413
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- 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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayman Fire | 137,760 | Jun 8, 2002 | Human |
| Missionary Ridge Fire | 73,121 | Jun 9, 2002 | Human |
| James and John Fire | 33,000 | Jun 2, 2002 | Natural |
| Burn Canyon Fire | 30,292 | Jul 9, 2002 | Natural |
| Big Fish Fire | 17,056 | Jul 19, 2002 | Natural |
| Mt. Zirkel Complex (Hinman) Fire | 16,852 | Jul 12, 2002 | Natural |
| Cheyenne County Fire | 15,000 | May 31, 2002 | Natural |
| Mt. Zirkel Complex (Burn Ridge) Fire | 14,403 | Aug 12, 2002 | Natural |
| Spring Creek Fire | 13,493 | Jun 22, 2002 | Natural |
| Coal Seam Fire | 12,209 | Jun 8, 2002 | Human |
| Lincoln County Complex | 10,000 | May 31, 2002 | Natural |
| Million Fire | 9,294 | Jun 19, 2002 | 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. 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.