Well Fire
The Well Fire burned 1,116 acres in Colorado, in 2004. It was discovered on August 29, 2004, and contained on September 15, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,116 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2004
- Contained
- September 15, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,178 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.031, -108.271.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,116 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,178 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2004, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 15, 2004, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Ute Mountain Ute Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3701310827120040829
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-342271
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 |
| Mcgruder Fire | 2,806 | Jul 3, 2004 | Natural |
| Sage Brush Fire | 1,000 | Aug 31, 2004 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
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.