Rocky Flats Fire
The Rocky Flats Fire burned 992 acres in Colorado, in 2006. It was discovered on April 2, 2006, and contained on April 2, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 992 acres
- Discovered
- April 2, 2006
- Contained
- April 2, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,145 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.911, -105.168.
The record
- Reported final size
- 992 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,145 acres
- Discovered
- April 2, 2006, 1:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 2, 2006, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3990010517320060402
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2006CORFRCE7U
- Note on the perimeter
- No good pre-image from 2005/2006 for dNBR assessment.
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 | |
| 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 |
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.