Wildfires of 2013

Unnamed Prescribed Fire

2013Mineral County, ColoradoPrescribed fire

The Unnamed Prescribed Fire burned 1,417 acres in Mineral County, Colorado, in 2013. It was discovered on June 13, 2013, and contained on August 29, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to September 27, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,417 acres
Discovered
June 13, 2013
Contained
August 29, 2013
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,327 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.430, -106.826.

The record

Reported final size
1,417 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,327 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,417 acres
Discovered
June 13, 2013, 3:22 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
September 27, 2013
Contained
August 29, 2013, 1:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Colorado
County
Mineral County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
San Juan National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
COSJF
Part of
West Fork Complex
Incident type
Prescribed fire
Unique fire identifier
2013-COSJF-000270
MTBS fire identifier
CO3743010682020130927
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-1519307
Perimeter map method
Infrared Interpretation

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 201312

FireAcresStartCause
West Fork Complex58,570Jun 5, 2013Natural
Papoose Fire49,628Jun 19, 2013Natural
West Fork Complex - East Zone Fire34,436Jun 5, 2013
Black Forest Fire16,580Jun 13, 2013Human
East Peak Fire13,572Jun 19, 2013Natural
Royal Gorge Fire3,218Jun 11, 2013Human
Citadel Fire1,986Jul 21, 2013Natural
Galena Fire1,200Mar 15, 2013Human
Oxcart Fire1,152Jun 8, 2013Natural
Wild Rose Fire1,065Jun 19, 2013Natural
Cog Fire1,010Aug 17, 2013Human
Unnamed Fire1,000Feb 9, 2013Human

Every fire of 2013 Colorado fire history

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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.