Rio Blanco Wfu Fire
The Rio Blanco Wfu Fire burned 1,182 acres in Archuleta County, Colorado, in 2005. It was discovered on June 23, 2005, and contained on September 6, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to June 22, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,182 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 2005
- Contained
- September 6, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,084 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.156, -106.884.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,182 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,084 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,197 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 2005, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 22, 2005
- Contained
- September 6, 2005, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Archuleta County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- San Juan National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- COSJF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-COSJF-000036
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3715210689620050622
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1427735
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- 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 | |
| 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.