Carrizo Complex
The Carrizo Complex burned 411 acres in Colorado, in 2005. It was discovered on July 24, 2005, and contained on July 25, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to July 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 411 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2005
- Contained
- July 25, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,119 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.041, -102.588.
The record
- Reported final size
- 411 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,119 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 708 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2005, 4:35 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 25, 2005
- Contained
- July 25, 2005, 11:55 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- COPSF
- Part of
- Carrizo Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-COPSF-000879
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3702310256420050725
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1421842
- 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 20057
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Fire | 11,357 | Jul 7, 2005 | Natural |
| Pack Trail Wfu Fire | 2,896 | Jul 7, 2005 | Natural |
| Trail East Fire | 2,381 | Jul 14, 2005 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Jul 24, 2005 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Jul 24, 2005 | |
| Rio Blanco Wfu Fire | 1,182 | Jun 23, 2005 | Natural |
| Far Draw Wfu Fire | 1,105 | Sep 11, 2005 | 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.