Papoose Fire
The Papoose Fire burned 49,628 acres in Hinsdale County, Colorado, in 2013. It was discovered on June 19, 2013, and contained on October 31, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to June 5, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 49,628 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2013
- Contained
- October 31, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 46,997 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.683, -107.167.
The record
- Reported final size
- 49,628 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 46,997 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 49,283 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2013, 8:49 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 5, 2013
- Contained
- October 31, 2013, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Hinsdale County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Rio Grande National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- CORGF
- Part of
- West Fork Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-CORGF-000023
- MTBS fire identifier
- CO3769910713620130605
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1513149
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.