Haynes Creek Fire
The Haynes Creek Fire burned 1,600 acres in Pueblo County, Colorado, in 2008. It was discovered on October 2, 2008, and contained on October 2, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 2008
- Contained
- October 2, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,971 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.499, -104.322.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,971 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 2008, 2:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 2, 2008, 9:33 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Pueblo County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Royal Gorge Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3849910432220081002
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-583826
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridger Fire | 45,814 | Jun 9, 2008 | Natural |
| 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 | |
| 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
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.