Pack Trail Wfu Fire
The Pack Trail Wfu Fire burned 2,896 acres in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, in 2005. It was discovered on July 7, 2005, and contained on September 6, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,896 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2005
- Contained
- September 6, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,896 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.046, -108.106.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,896 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,896 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,916 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2005, 11:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 6, 2005, 12:00 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
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-COWRD-000284
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4005610807720050707
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-501934
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Driven
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 |
| 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 |
| Carrizo Complex | 411 | Jul 24, 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.