Bolt Fire
The Bolt Fire burned 2,160 acres in Colorado, in 2003. It was discovered on July 26, 2003, and contained on August 1, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,160 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2003
- Contained
- August 1, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,393 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.148, -107.220.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,160 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,393 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,132 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2003, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Southern Ute Agency
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- COSUA
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3713810722020030726
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-339447
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| GarCo 5 Fire | 5,292 | Jul 8, 2003 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Aug 25, 2003 | |
| Overland Fire | 3,869 | Oct 30, 2003 | Human |
| Hamilton Fire | 3,211 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Jul 19, 2003 | |
| Moccasin Fire | 2,744 | Jul 15, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Dec 14, 2003 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,100 | Oct 10, 2003 | |
| Hamilton Fire | 2,009 | Jul 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Bear Creek Wfu Fire | 1,869 | Jul 6, 2003 | Natural |
| Yankee Gulch Fire | 1,503 | Jun 16, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Jul 19, 2003 |
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.