Greasewood Wfu Fire
The Greasewood Wfu Fire burned 7,815 acres in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, in 2004. It was discovered on June 6, 2004, and contained on July 28, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,815 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2004
- Contained
- July 28, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,970 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.951, -108.189.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,815 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,970 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,798 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2004, 1:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 2004, 4:00 p.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
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-COWRD-000098
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3999210816820040606
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-125619
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Perimeter records
- 6 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 20045
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picnic Rock Fire | 8,908 | Mar 30, 2004 | Human |
| Campbell Fire | 4,187 | Jul 30, 2004 | Natural |
| Mcgruder Fire | 2,806 | Jul 3, 2004 | Natural |
| Well Fire | 1,116 | Aug 29, 2004 | Natural |
| Sage Brush Fire | 1,000 | Aug 31, 2004 | Natural |
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.