Bridger Fire
The Bridger Fire burned 45,814 acres in Las Animas County, Colorado, in 2008. It was discovered on June 9, 2008, and contained on June 28, 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to June 7, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 45,814 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2008
- Contained
- June 28, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 46,591 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.527, -103.769.
The record
- Reported final size
- 45,814 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 46,591 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 46,588 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 2008, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 7, 2008
- Contained
- June 28, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Las Animas County
- Reporting unit
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COFCQ
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-CORGD-000455
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3756110376220080607
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1469944
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- INC#: CO-DDQ 2008-455 Fire started on DOD then burned onto FS lands.
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayberry Fire | 25,385 | Aug 24, 2008 | Natural |
| TA-25 Fire | 9,064 | Apr 15, 2008 | Human |
| Ordway Crowley Co Fire | 8,900 | Apr 15, 2008 | Human |
| Prong Fire | 5,395 | Aug 24, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,527 | Jul 3, 2008 | |
| Haynes Creek Fire | 1,600 | Oct 2, 2008 | Natural |
| West Elk Fire | 1,587 | Jul 4, 2008 | Natural |
| Coal Creek Wfu Fire | 1,485 | Jul 8, 2008 | Natural |
| Snakeweed Fire | 1,227 | Apr 14, 2008 | Human |
| Nash Ranch Fire | 1,115 | Jun 24, 2008 | Natural |
| Jordan Fire | 1,031 | Aug 25, 2008 | Natural |
| Garfield Co 1 Fire | 1,000 | Apr 15, 2008 | 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.