Bitter Brush Fire
The Bitter Brush Fire burned 2,207 acres in Moffat County, Colorado, in 2006. It was discovered on August 22, 2006, and contained on August 24, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,207 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006
- Contained
- August 24, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,141 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.507, -108.094.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,207 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,141 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,207 acres
- Discovered
- August 22, 2006, 3:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 2006, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Moffat County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COLSD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-COLSD-000663
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4048810810220060822
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-528805
- 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 20069
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mato Vega Fire | 13,820 | Jun 18, 2006 | Natural |
| Mauricio Canyon Fire | 3,825 | Jan 6, 2006 | Human |
| Divide Fire | 3,550 | Jul 13, 2006 | Natural |
| Thomas Fire | 3,347 | Jun 13, 2006 | Natural |
| I 76 Fire | 3,200 | Jul 15, 2006 | |
| Tecolate Fire | 1,500 | May 27, 2006 | Human |
| Lion Creek Fire | 1,499 | Jun 20, 2006 | Human |
| Spring Fire | 1,403 | Jul 20, 2006 | Natural |
| Rocky Flats Fire | 992 | Apr 2, 2006 | Human |
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.