GarCo 5 Fire
The GarCo 5 Fire burned 5,292 acres in Garfield County, Colorado, in 2003. It was discovered on July 8, 2003, and contained on July 18, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,292 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2003
- Contained
- July 18, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 5,292 acres, mapped by gps-flight. Point of origin as reported, 39.563, -108.428.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,292 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,292 acres
- Discovered
- July 8, 2003, 2:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 18, 2003, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Garfield County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Grand Junction
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COGFX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-COGJD-000275
- Fire occurrence record
- W-120487
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Note on the perimeter
- Full Suppression, aka Brush Mountain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Bolt Fire | 2,160 | Jul 26, 2003 | Natural |
| 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. 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.