Snowflake Fire
The Snowflake Fire burned 5,000 acres in Fremont County, Colorado, in 2011. It was discovered on June 6, 2011.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2011
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 38.531, -105.501.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2011, 5:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Fremont County
- Reporting unit
- Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011CSFSCO4070013371
Other large fires in Colorado in 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Springs Callie Marie Fire | 35,583 | Jun 5, 2011 | Natural |
| Ft. Lyons Fire | 14,726 | Apr 9, 2011 | |
| Shell Complex | 13,312 | Jun 7, 2011 | Natural |
| Karval Fire | 12,000 | Mar 24, 2011 | Human |
| Callie Marie Fire | 9,089 | Jun 7, 2011 | Natural |
| Purgatoire Fire | 6,140 | May 30, 2011 | |
| Lakewood Fire | 5,200 | Aug 13, 2011 | |
| Salt Fire | 4,500 | Jun 3, 2011 | Natural |
| Duckett Fire | 4,000 | Jun 12, 2011 | Human |
| Crystal Fire | 2,939 | Apr 1, 2011 | Human |
| Young Hollow Fire | 2,200 | Jun 29, 2011 | Human |
| Sierra Vista Fire | 2,042 | Feb 19, 2011 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.