Wildfires of 2009

Narraguinnep Fire

2009Montezuma County, ColoradoWildfire

The Narraguinnep Fire burned 7,300 acres in Montezuma County, Colorado, in 2009. It was discovered on August 7, 2009, and contained on September 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
7,300 acres
Discovered
August 7, 2009
Contained
September 28, 2009
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,800 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.646, -108.718.

The record

Reported final size
7,300 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
7,800 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
6,755 acres
Discovered
August 7, 2009, 12:00 p.m. local time
Contained
September 28, 2009, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Colorado
County
Montezuma County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
San Juan National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
COSJF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2009-COSJF-000143
MTBS fire identifier
CO3768910866020090807
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-1483151
Perimeter map method
GPS - Uncorrected Data
Perimeter records
2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown

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 20099

FireAcresStartCause
Quarry Fire6,328Mar 3, 2009Human
Mellen Fire3,603Aug 7, 2009Natural
Old Stage Fire3,008Jan 7, 2009
Dominguez Fire2,599Jul 11, 2009Natural
Bradfield Fire2,400Aug 2, 2009Natural
Allred Fire2,068Aug 3, 2009Natural
Spring Creek Fire1,340Jul 28, 2009Human
Spring Fire979Aug 30, 2009Natural
Tabaguache Creek Fire935Aug 29, 2009Natural

Every fire of 2009 Colorado fire history

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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.