Impact area Fire
The Impact area Fire was reported on January 28, 2016 in El Paso County, Colorado and burned 9,636 acres. It was fully contained on January 31, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 9,636 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 28, 2016
- Personnel
- 3
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.552, -104.724.
The incident
- Size
- 9,636 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- January 28, 2016 at 12:26 PM MST
- Contained
- January 31, 2016 at 6:15 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- El Paso County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Fort Carson
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-COFCQ-000047
- IRWIN identifier
- 6FD6EC20-6199-4B3B-84B3-B3FE53415D8E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fountain, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fountain, CO9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fort Carson, CO13 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Security-Widefield, CO14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Pueblo West, CO14 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Stratmoor, CO16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Penrose, CO18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated April 18, 2016 at 3:39 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-COFCQ-000047.