Overland Fire
The Overland Fire burned 3,869 acres in Boulder County, Colorado, in 2003. It was discovered on October 30, 2003, and contained on November 19, 2003. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 3,869 acres
- Discovered
- October 30, 2003
- Contained
- November 19, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,229 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.127, -105.398.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,869 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,229 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,326 acres
- Discovered
- October 30, 2003, 5:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- November 19, 2003, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Boulder County
- Land ownership at origin
- State or Private
- Reporting unit
- Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4013210535120031030
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-394552
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Digitized from Naip, Unable to tell where the fire continued
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 | |
| 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. 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.