Hamilton Fire
The Hamilton Fire burned 2,009 acres in San Miguel County, Colorado, in 2003. It was discovered on July 19, 2003, and contained on July 27, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,009 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2003
- Contained
- July 27, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,849 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.017, -108.453.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,009 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,849 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2003, 2:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2003, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- San Miguel County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southwest District, Montrose
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3799710845420030719
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-117860
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 | |
| Bolt Fire | 2,160 | Jul 26, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,100 | Oct 10, 2003 | |
| 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
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.