Galena Fire
The Galena Fire burned 1,200 acres in Larimer County, Colorado, in 2013. It was discovered on March 15, 2013, and contained on March 15, 2013. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- March 15, 2013
- Contained
- March 15, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,317 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.589, -105.187.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,317 acres
- Discovered
- March 15, 2013, 11:46 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 15, 2013, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Larimer County
- Reporting unit
- Poudre Fire Authority
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO4056810518720130315
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-20136960003323
- Note on the perimeter
- The prefire scene contains some snow cover however this was the best prefire scene available for mapping.
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 |
| Citadel Fire | 1,986 | Jul 21, 2013 | Natural |
| 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
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.