Whittaker Flats Fire
The Whittaker Flats Fire burned 1,016 acres in Mesa County, Colorado, in 2007. It was discovered on June 17, 2007, and contained on June 21, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,016 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2007
- Contained
- June 21, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,016 acres, mapped by gps-walked. Point of origin as reported, 39.191, -108.300.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,016 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,016 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2007, 9:23 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 21, 2007, 4:46 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Mesa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Grand Junction
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COGRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-COGJD-000102
- Fire occurrence record
- W-545211
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Walked
- Note on the perimeter
- Full Suppression
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 |
| Bradshaw Fire | 1,132 | Nov 7, 2007 | 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. 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.