Citadel Fire
The Citadel Fire burned 1,986 acres in Moffat County, Colorado, in 2013. It was discovered on July 21, 2013, and contained on August 6, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,986 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2013
- Contained
- August 6, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,896 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.284, -108.217.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,986 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,896 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,988 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2013, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 6, 2013, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Moffat County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northwest District, Craig
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- COWRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-COWRD-000249
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4028410821720130721
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-658692
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Driven
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 | |
| Black Forest Fire | 16,580 | Jun 13, 2013 | Human |
| East Peak Fire | 13,572 | Jun 19, 2013 | Natural |
| Royal Gorge Fire | 3,218 | Jun 11, 2013 | Human |
| 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.