Beaver Fire
The Beaver Fire burned 2,608 acres in San Miguel County, Colorado, in 2010. It was discovered on May 22, 2010, and contained on June 3, 2010. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 2,608 acres
- Discovered
- May 22, 2010
- Contained
- June 3, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,501 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.116, -108.197.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,608 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,501 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,641 acres
- Discovered
- May 22, 2010, 3:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 3, 2010, 4:47 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Colorado
- County
- San Miguel 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
- 2010-COUPD-000032
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3812310818320100522
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1487380
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- No Unique Fire Identifier or Local Fire Number in FireStat: FireStat acres are less than GIS Acres
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alkali Fire | 7,917 | Aug 18, 2010 | Natural |
| Fourmile Canyon Fire | 6,382 | Sep 6, 2010 | Human |
| Medano Fire | 6,249 | Jun 6, 2010 | Natural |
| Dominguez Fire | 2,105 | Jul 12, 2010 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,000 | Sep 5, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,500 | Jun 21, 2010 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,452 | Jul 18, 2010 | Human |
| Cow Creek Fire | 1,200 | Jun 24, 2010 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,200 | Oct 31, 2010 | Natural |
| Logging Fire | 1,145 | Jul 20, 2010 | Natural |
| County Road 19 Fire | 1,033 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Sep 20, 2010 | 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.