Bradshaw Fire
The Bradshaw Fire burned 1,132 acres in Wallace County, Colorado, in 2007. It was discovered on November 7, 2007, and contained on November 7, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,132 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 2007
- Contained
- November 7, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,255 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.086, -102.076.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,132 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,255 acres
- Discovered
- November 7, 2007, 1:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 7, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Wallace County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Kansas Counties
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3908610207620071107
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2007_KS-KSX-1150
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 20076
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Tree Fire | 3,536 | Aug 22, 2007 | Natural |
| Mud Springs Fire | 2,240 | Aug 13, 2007 | Human |
| Bear Fire | 1,550 | Jul 8, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,354 | Sep 29, 2007 | |
| Newcastle Fire | 1,240 | Jun 18, 2007 | Natural |
| Whittaker Flats Fire | 1,016 | Jun 17, 2007 | 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.