Mcgruder Fire
The Mcgruder Fire burned 2,806 acres in Delta County, Colorado, in 2004. It was discovered on July 3, 2004, and contained on July 9, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,806 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 2004
- Contained
- July 9, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,002 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.931, -107.853.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,806 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,002 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,807 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 2004, 2:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 9, 2004, 11:50 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Delta County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southwest District, Montrose
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COUPD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3895110784320040703
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-123620
- Perimeter records
- 2 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 |
| Greasewood Wfu Fire | 7,815 | Jun 6, 2004 | Natural |
| Campbell Fire | 4,187 | Jul 30, 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.