Last Chance Fire
The Last Chance Fire burned 45,000 acres in Washington County, Colorado, in 2012. It was discovered on June 25, 2012, and contained on June 26, 2012.
- Size
- 45,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2012
- Contained
- June 26, 2012
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,961 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.741, -103.592.
The record
- Reported final size
- 45,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,961 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 26, 2012, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Washington County
- Land ownership at origin
- County
- Reporting unit
- Fort Collins Interagency Dispatch Center
- Agency
- Interagency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3974110359220120625
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2009_CO-WAX-433
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 |
| 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 | |
| Wetmore Fire | 1,998 | Oct 23, 2012 | 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.