I 76 Fire
The I 76 Fire burned 3,200 acres in Logan County, Colorado, in 2006. It was discovered on July 15, 2006, and contained on July 15, 2006.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2006
- Contained
- July 15, 2006
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,031 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.569, -103.206.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,031 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2006, 12:53 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Logan County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Fort Collins Interagency Dispatch Center
- Agency
- Interagency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4056910320620060715
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_CO-FTX-6118
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 |
| Bitter Brush Fire | 2,207 | Aug 22, 2006 | Natural |
| 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
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.