Oxcart Fire
The Oxcart Fire burned 1,152 acres in Saguache County, Colorado, in 2013. It was discovered on June 8, 2013, and contained on July 1, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,152 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2013
- Contained
- July 1, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,153 acres, mapped by infrared image. Point of origin as reported, 38.389, -105.983.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,152 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,153 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 2013, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 1, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Saguache County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Rio Grande National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- CORGF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-CORGF-000020
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1513123
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Image
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| Galena Fire | 1,200 | Mar 15, 2013 | Human |
| 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. 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.