Young Hollow Fire
The Young Hollow Fire burned 2,200 acres in El Paso County, Colorado, in 2011. It was discovered on June 29, 2011, and contained on June 30, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,200 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2011
- Contained
- June 30, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,423 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.537, -104.728.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,423 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2011, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- El Paso County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Fort Carson Army Base
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3853710472820110629
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2011_CO-FCQ-000975
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 |
| Sierra Vista Fire | 2,042 | Feb 19, 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.