Withers Canyon Fire
The Withers Canyon Fire burned 1,044 acres in Colorado, in 2011. It was discovered on July 24, 2011, and contained on August 1, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to July 23, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,044 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2011
- Contained
- August 1, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,032 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.662, -103.553.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,044 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,032 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2011, 9:10 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 23, 2011
- Contained
- August 1, 2011, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Pike and San Isabel National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3766210355320110723
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1498713
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 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 | |
| Snowflake Fire | 5,000 | Jun 6, 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 |
Nearby
Sources
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.