Trail East Fire
The Trail East Fire burned 2,381 acres in Montezuma County, Colorado, in 2005. It was discovered on July 14, 2005, and contained on July 27, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,381 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2005
- Contained
- July 27, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,365 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.223, -108.300.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,381 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,365 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,527 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2005, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2005, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Montezuma County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Tres Rios Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COSJD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-COSJD-000141
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3718710830120050714
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-512274
- Note on the perimeter
- Data from BIA
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 |
| 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.