Goblin Fire
The Goblin Fire burned 800 acres in La Plata County, Colorado, in 2012. It was discovered on October 6, 2012, and contained on October 7, 2012. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 800 acres
- Discovered
- October 6, 2012
- Contained
- October 7, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,074 acres, mapped by gps - uncorrected data. Point of origin as reported, 37.616, -107.722.
The record
- Reported final size
- 800 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,074 acres
- Discovered
- October 6, 2012, 12:44 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 7, 2012, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- Colorado
- County
- La Plata County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- San Juan National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- COSJF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-COSJF-000998
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1508797
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From Columbine RD
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Park Fire | 87,275 | Jun 9, 2012 | Natural |
| Last Chance Fire | 45,000 | Jun 25, 2012 | |
| Little Sand Fire | 24,931 | May 14, 2012 | Natural |
| Heartstrong Fire | 24,000 | Mar 18, 2012 | Human |
| Waldo Canyon Fire | 18,947 | Jun 23, 2012 | Human |
| Pine Ridge Fire | 13,920 | Jun 27, 2012 | Natural |
| Weber Fire | 10,133 | Jun 22, 2012 | Human |
| Hewlett Fire | 7,702 | ||
| Sunrise Mine Fire | 5,742 | May 25, 2012 | Human |
| Wolf Fire | 5,126 | Aug 3, 2012 | Natural |
| Lower North Fork Fire | 4,142 | Mar 26, 2012 | Human |
| Fern Lake Fire | 3,498 | Oct 9, 2012 |
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. 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.