Black Forest Fire
The Black Forest Fire burned 16,580 acres in Larimer County, Colorado, in 2013. It was discovered on June 13, 2013, and contained on June 19, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to June 11, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 16,580 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2013
- Contained
- June 19, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,878 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.987, -104.763.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,580 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,878 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 13,111 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2013, 2:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 11, 2013
- Contained
- June 19, 2013, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Larimer County
- Reporting unit
- Berthoud Fire Protection District
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- COEPX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-CORGD-000330
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3901210474920130611
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-20136905000492
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From Glenda
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 201311
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Fork Complex | 58,570 | Jun 5, 2013 | Natural |
| Papoose Fire | 49,628 | Jun 19, 2013 | Natural |
| West Fork Complex - East Zone Fire | 34,436 | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| East Peak Fire | 13,572 | Jun 19, 2013 | Natural |
| Royal Gorge Fire | 3,218 | Jun 11, 2013 | Human |
| Citadel Fire | 1,986 | Jul 21, 2013 | Natural |
| Galena Fire | 1,200 | Mar 15, 2013 | Human |
| Oxcart Fire | 1,152 | Jun 8, 2013 | Natural |
| Wild Rose Fire | 1,065 | Jun 19, 2013 | Natural |
| Cog Fire | 1,010 | Aug 17, 2013 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Feb 9, 2013 | Human |
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. 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.