Yankee Gulch Fire
The Yankee Gulch Fire burned 1,503 acres in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, in 2003. It was discovered on June 16, 2003, and contained on August 11, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,503 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2003
- Contained
- August 11, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,517 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.780, -108.437.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,503 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,517 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,501 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2003, 4:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 11, 2003, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COWRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2003-COWRD-000211
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3979410843120030616
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-117393
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 | |
| Hamilton Fire | 2,009 | Jul 19, 2003 | Natural |
| Bear Creek Wfu Fire | 1,869 | Jul 6, 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.