Moccasin Fire
The Moccasin Fire burned 2,744 acres in Colorado, in 2003. It was discovered on July 15, 2003, and contained on August 8, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,744 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2003
- Contained
- August 8, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,304 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.168, -108.451.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,744 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,304 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,731 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2003, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 2003, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- COMVP
- Part of
- Balcony House Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-COMVP-000063
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3717510843620030715
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-253918
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 | |
| 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. 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.