Snakeweed Fire
The Snakeweed Fire burned 1,227 acres in Las Animas County, Colorado, in 2008. It was discovered on April 14, 2008, and contained on April 15, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,227 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2008
- Contained
- April 15, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,527 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.666, -103.741.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,227 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,527 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,523 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 2008, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 15, 2008, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Las Animas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CODDQ
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-CODDQ-000001
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3764110373620080414
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1458936
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From Glenda. Inc. #: CO-DDQ-200; escaped rx fire from pinyon canyo MS (DOD).
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 |
| 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.