Medano Fire
The Medano Fire burned 6,249 acres in Colorado, in 2010. It was discovered on June 6, 2010, and contained on December 1, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,249 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2010
- Contained
- December 1, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,883 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.806, -105.506.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,249 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,883 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,245 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 1, 2010, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- COGSP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-COGSP-001001
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3781310546020100606
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-616604
- Perimeter map method
- Autonomous GPS
- Perimeter records
- 3 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| Beaver Fire | 2,608 | May 22, 2010 | Human |
| 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.