Tabaguache Creek Fire
The Tabaguache Creek Fire burned 935 acres in Montrose County, Colorado, in 2009. It was discovered on August 29, 2009, and contained on October 29, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 935 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2009
- Contained
- October 29, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,002 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.413, -108.492.
The record
- Reported final size
- 935 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,002 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 982 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2009, 1:09 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 29, 2009, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Montrose County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- COGMF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-COUPD-000428
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3840110850120090829
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1483269
- 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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narraguinnep Fire | 7,300 | Aug 7, 2009 | Natural |
| Quarry Fire | 6,328 | Mar 3, 2009 | Human |
| Mellen Fire | 3,603 | Aug 7, 2009 | Natural |
| Old Stage Fire | 3,008 | Jan 7, 2009 | |
| Dominguez Fire | 2,599 | Jul 11, 2009 | Natural |
| Bradfield Fire | 2,400 | Aug 2, 2009 | Natural |
| Allred Fire | 2,068 | Aug 3, 2009 | Natural |
| Spring Creek Fire | 1,340 | Jul 28, 2009 | Human |
| Spring Fire | 979 | Aug 30, 2009 | Natural |
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.