Jordan Fire
The Jordan Fire burned 1,031 acres in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, in 2008. It was discovered on August 25, 2008, and contained on September 12, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,031 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2008
- Contained
- September 12, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,046 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.114, -108.033.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,031 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,046 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,031 acres
- Discovered
- August 25, 2008, 3:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COWRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-COWRD-000444
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4011410803320080825
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-579318
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 | |
| 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 |
| 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.