List of Colorado wildfires

This is a list of Colorado wildfires which have occurred periodically throughout its recorded history.[1]

One of the most significant fires in United States history was The Big Blowup of 1910.[2] In that fire, 3 million acres burned and 78 firefighters were killed in the northern Rocky Mountains (in the states of Washington, Idaho, and Montana) which led to a standing policy in Colorado of all fires out by 10 am.[3] The policy evolved over the 20th century.

The Colorado State Forest Service was established by the Colorado General Assembly in 1955 and oversees response to wildfires in Colorado.

Part of the 2002 Colorado wildfires that burned nearly 360,000 acres, the Hayman Fire was the largest wildfire in Colorado state history for nearly 20 years[4][5] until the Pine Gulch Fire surpassed it in August 2020.[6] The Cameron Peak Fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado history seven weeks later, at a size of 206,667 burned acres as of October 21, 2020. The 2012 Colorado forest fires broke the record for most destructive fire twice and led to declaration of a federal disaster area in June 2012.[7] The 2013 Colorado forest fires, fueled by high heat and winds[8] again broke the record for the most destructive and, as of July 5, 2013, includes the second largest (by area) in Colorado history.

List of fires

This list only covers the largest, most destructive fires in Colorado history. Colorado State University (CSU) has information on named fires from 1976 to 2006[9] and total wildfires from 1960 to 2009.[10] According to CSU, wildfires in Colorado burned less than 100,000 acres (40,469 ha) per decade over the 1960s and the 1970s. For the 1980s and 1990s, the total was over 200,000 acres (80,937 ha) per decade. For the 2000s, the total was approximately 200,000 acres (80,937 ha). Notable fires from before 1980 are also included, sourced mainly from old newspapers and records. All fires greater than 40,000 acres (16,187 ha) and all but one over 20,000 acres (8,094 ha) occurred in the 21st century. Acreage of fires that are partly in Colorado are indicated in red.

Year	Size	Name	Area	Notes
1924	2,000 acres (810 ha)	Jim Creek fire	Winter Park, Colorado, Moffat Tunnel west portal.
1927	135 acres (55 ha)	Payne Gulch fire	South of Bailey, Colorado, Pike National Forest.[11]
1932	600 acres (240 ha)	Tolland fire	Tolland, Colorado.
1934	300 acres (120 ha)	East Portal fire	West of Tolland, Colorado, Moffat Tunnel east portal.
1934	300 acres (120 ha)	Hourglass fire	Topaz Mountain, Pike National Forest.
1938	700 acres (280 ha)	Black Canyon fire	East of Tolland, Colorado, Roosevelt National Forest.
1939	1,009 acres (408 ha)	Panhandle fire[12]	Northwest of Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, Roosevelt National Forest.
1939	1,319 acres (534 ha)	Granite Mountain fire[13]	Granite, Colorado, San Isabel National Forest.
1939	657 acres (266 ha)	Mammoth Mountain fire[14]	Platoro, Colorado, Rio Grande National Forest.
1942	500 acres (200 ha)	Green Ridge fire	East of Yampa, Colorado, Routt National Forest.
1944	900 acres (360 ha)	Glendevey fire	Glendevey, Colorado, Roosevelt National Forest.
1944	700 acres (280 ha)	Hell's Hole fire	West of Wolcott, Colorado.
1948	14,000 acres (5,700 ha)	Weld County grass fire	Kersey, Colorado.
1950	28,800 acres (11,700 ha)	Cheyenne Mountain fire	Fort Carson, Colorado	Destroyed 89 buildings in and around Camp Carson and killed 8 people. Although reports claim the fire was over 45 square miles in size, this number was likely exaggerated.
1950	2,000 acres (810 ha)	Grand Mesa fire	Grand Mesa, west of Cedaredge, Colorado.
1951	350 acres (140 ha)	Fremont Peak fire	Royal Gorge	Threatened the Royal Gorge bridge.
1951	6,000 acres (2,400 ha)	Trailer Draw fire	Douglas Mountain, Moffat County, Colorado
1952	2,000 acres (810 ha)	Roosevelt fire	Roosevelt National Forest, north of Red Feather Lakes.
1952	3,000 acres (1,200 ha)	Tallahassee Creek fire	West of Cañon City, Colorado.
1952	200 acres (81 ha)	Owl's Head fire	Near Mount Evans
1952	1,600 acres (650 ha)	Goose Creek fire	South of Creede, Colorado.	Burned in an area so rugged in the Rio Grande National Forest that firefighters had to hike in five miles from the nearest road. Caused by hunters.
1956	600 acres (240 ha)	Devil's Canyon fire	Southwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado, in the Arapaho National Forest, Clear Creek County.
1956	300 acres (120 ha)	North Fork fire	Rocky Mountain National Park, northwest of Glen Haven, Colorado
1958	300 acres (120 ha)	Deadman fire	West of Red Feather Lakes
1959	2,107 acres (853 ha)	Morefield fire	Mesa Verde National Park
1962	1,064 acres (431 ha)	Resthouse fire	Arapaho National Forest, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
1962	2,200 acres (890 ha)	Bear Creek fire	Somerset, Colorado
1963	2,100 acres (850 ha)	Wildcat Canyon fire	Pike National Forest, southwest of Cheeseman Lake	Escaped prescribed fire that jumped the South Platte River.
1966	470 acres (190 ha)	Comanche fire	Comanche Reservoir, Roosevelt National Forest
1968	740 acres (300 ha)	Lincoln Lake fire	Arapaho National Forest, Clear Creek County, Colorado.
1971	3,100 acres (1,300 ha)	Bull Mountain fire	Northwestern Larimer County, Colorado
1972	2,317 acres (938 ha)	Moccasin Mesa fire	Mesa Verde National Park
1972	1,550 acres (630 ha)	Irish Canyon fire	Northwestern Moffat County	Helicopter crashed while working on this fire. No fatalities.
1972	1,565 acres (633 ha)	Plug Hat fires	North of Dinosaur, Colorado	Two fires, about 900 and 700 acres.
1974	115 acres (47 ha)	Gold Hill fire	Gold Hill, Colorado	Immediately south of Gold Hill, Colorado. 1 structure destroyed. Human caused.
1974	375 acres (152 ha)	Jefferson Lake fire	West of Kenosha Pass, Colorado
1975	4,200 acres (1,700 ha)	Red Dirt fire	Eagle County, Colorado	Largest Colorado wildfire at the time until surpassed by the Emerald Lake fire in 1980.
1976	880 acres (360 ha)	Battlement Creek fire	Parachute, Colorado	Killed 3 firefighters in a burn over and 1 pilot in an airtanker crash.
1976	230 acres (93 ha)	Comforter Mountain fire	Boulder Canyon, Colorado
1977	500 acres (200 ha)	Ox Yoke fire	Deckers, Colorado
1977	1,400 acres (570 ha)	Meadow Lake fire	Northwest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, White River National Forest
1977	4,170 acres (1,690 ha)	Deep Creek fire	Northwest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, White River National Forest
1978	1,122 acres (454 ha)	Kilpecker fire	West of Red Feather Lakes
1978	6,300 acres (2,500 ha)	Overholt fire	Maybell, Colorado
1978	2,300 acres (930 ha)	Maes Creek fire	Greenhorn Mountain, San Isabel National Forest
1978	400 acres (160 ha)	Reservoir fire	Idaho Springs Reservoir, Arapaho National Forest
1978	1,000 acres (400 ha)	Ouzel fire	Rocky Mountain National Park	Caused by lightning in Rocky Mountain National Park and was allowed to burn naturally, but was pushed by strong winds and ran towards Allenspark, Colorado. Luckily, the fire was subdued before it reached the park boundary.
1980	10,063 acres (4,072 ha)	Emerald Lake fire	White River National Forest	Largest wildfire in Colorado history at the time.
1988	15,438 acres (6,248 ha)	I Do fire	South of Sunbeam, Colorado, Moffat County.	Surpassed the Emerald Lake fire as largest in the state's history. Named for a Bureau of Land Management firefighter who was married the day the fire broke out.
1989	2,100 acres (850 ha)	Black Tiger Fire	West of Boulder, Colorado	44 homes and structures burned in under six hours. At the time, it was Colorado's most destructive wildfire in terms of property loss and damage.[15]
1993	9,917 acres (4,013 ha)	Wapiti fire	Sunbeam, Colorado
1993	12,410 acres (5,020 ha)	Sunbeam fire	Sunbeam, Colorado
1994	13,234 acres (5,356 ha)	Black Ridge fire	South of Durango, Colorado
1994	2,115 acres (856 ha)	South Canyon fire	Glenwood Springs, Colorado	Sometimes referred to as the "Storm King Mountain fire".[16] Killed 14 firefighters.
1996	11,875 acres (4,806 ha)	Buffalo Creek fire	Pike National Forest south of Pine, Colorado	Destroyed 12 homes.
1996	15,872 acres (6,423 ha)	O'Pinion fire	Moffat County, Colorado, south of U.S. 40
2000	16,000 acres (6,500 ha)	Kiowa County fire	Kiowa County, Colorado.
2000	11,021 acres (4,460 ha)	Hi Meadow fire	Pine, Colorado	Burned 58 structures and caused more than $15 million in damages. Ignited by a cigarette.[17]
2000	10,599 acres (4,289 ha)[18]	Bobcat Gulch fire	West of Loveland, Colorado, Roosevelt National Forest	Caused by a campfire in the Bobcat Gulch on June 12, 2000 and caused the loss of 22 structures.[19]
2000	23,607 acres (9,553 ha)	Bircher fire	Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado	Largest fire in Mesa Verde National Park history.
2000	11,033 acres (4,465 ha)	Buster Flats fire	Northwestern Moffat County, Colorado.
2002	10,000 acres (4,000 ha)	Lincoln County Complex fire	Lincoln County, Colorado
2002	137,760 acres (55,750 ha)	Hayman Fire	Pike National Forest, Colorado	Fourth largest fire in Colorado history[6] by area. 5 firefighter deaths, 133 homes lost, 600 total structures destroyed, more than $42 million in damages. Caused by arson.[20]
2002	71,739 acres (29,032 ha)	Missionary Ridge Fire	Durango, Colorado	Started June 9, 2002. Firefighting cost $40 million; one firefighter death after tree fall. Burned for 39 days and destroyed 46 houses and cabins.
2002	12,209 acres (4,941 ha)	Coal-seam fire	Glenwood Springs, Colorado	Caused by a coal seam fire that initially ignited in 1910 and burned underground for decades. 43 structures were destroyed.
2002	27,084 acres (10,961 ha)	Trinidad Complex fire	Las Animas County, Colorado	Spring and Fisher fires. The Spring fire began in New Mexico and crossed into Colorado.
2002	4,413 acres (1,786 ha)	Big Elk fire	Estes Park, Colorado	3 firefighters killed in plane crash.
2002	4,439 acres (1,796 ha)	Iron Mountain fire	Southwest of Cañon City, Colorado.	Destroyed 201 structures, including over 100 homes.
2002	30,573 acres (12,372 ha)	Burn Canyon fire	Norwood, Colorado
2002	13,490 acres (5,460 ha)	Spring Creek Complex fire	North of Glenwood Springs, Colorado	Spring Creek and East Meadow Creek fires
2002	17,273 acres (6,990 ha)	Big Fish fire	Trappers Lake in the Flat Tops Wilderness
2002	31,016 acres (12,552 ha)	Mt. Zirkel Complex fire	Mount Zirkel Wilderness	Consisted of the Burn Ridge and Hinman fires.
2003	3,705 acres (1,499 ha)	Overland fire	Jamestown, Colorado	Caused by downed power lines. Destroyed 62 structures.
2004	9,014 acres (3,648 ha)	Picnic Rock fire	Northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado
2004	4,188 acres (1,695 ha)	Campbell Fire	11 miles north of Nucla, Colorado	BLM and Uncompahgre National Forest.
2005	11,357 acres (4,596 ha)	Mason fire	Beulah, Colorado
2006	15,400 acres (6,200 ha)	Yuma County fire	Yuma County, Colorado
2006	13,820 acres (5,590 ha)	Mato Vega fire	La Veta Pass, Colorado
2008	8,900 acres (3,600 ha)	Ordway fire	Ordway, Colorado	Killed 2 firefighters and burned 44 structures.
2008	9,000 acres (3,600 ha)	TA-25 fire	Fort Carson, Colorado	Pilot killed when his plane crashed.
2008	46,612 acres (18,863 ha)	Bridger fire	Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado
2008	25,385 acres (10,273 ha)	Mayberry fire	Maybell, Colorado
2010	6,181 acres (2,501 ha)	Fourmile Canyon fire	West of Boulder, Colorado	Caused by an extinguished fire pit that reignited.[21] Destroyed 172 structures and was the most destructive Colorado wildfire at the time.
2011	12,310 acres (4,980 ha)	Fort Lyons fire	John Martin Reservoir, Bent County, Colorado
2011	46,257 acres (18,720 ha)	Bear Springs Complex fire	Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado	Consisted of the Bear Springs and Callie Marie fires.
2011	14,651 acres (5,929 ha)	Shell Complex fire	Las Animas County, Colorado	Consisted of the Shell and Brice fires.
2011	3,200 acres (1,300 ha)[22]	Crystal fire	Roosevelt National Forest, West of Loveland/Fort Collins, Colorado	15 primary structures burned[23]
2012	7,685 acres (3,110 ha)[24]	Hewlett Gulch fire	Arapaho National Forest & Roosevelt National Forest, West of Fort Collins, Colorado
2012	20,000 acres (8,100 ha)	Heartstrong fire	Yuma, Colorado
2012	3,217 acres (1,302 ha)	Lower North Fork fire	Foxton, Colorado	Caused by an escaped prescribed fire. Burned 23 homes and killed 3 people. Deadliest Colorado wildfire in terms of civilian lives lost.
2012	24,931 acres (10,089 ha)[25]	Little Sand fire	San Juan National Forest, north of Pagosa Springs, Colorado
2012	87,284 acres (35,323 ha)	High Park Fire	Roosevelt National Forest, West of Fort Collins	Started by lightning. Sixth largest wildfire in Colorado state history by area. Killed one person and destroyed at least 248 homes, making it the most destructive fire in state history until Waldo Canyon Fire a few days later.
2012	18,247 acres (7,384 ha)	Waldo Canyon Fire	Colorado Springs area	Located near Pikes Peak, northwest of Colorado Springs in the Waldo Canyon - origin currently unknown - first reported the afternoon of Saturday, June 23. Destroyed 346 homes; the most destructive fire until the Black Forest Fire of 2013. Two fatalities.
2012	45,000 acres (18,000 ha)[26]	Last Chance fire	Last Chance, Colorado	Began south of Last Chance, Colorado, by sparks from a tire blowout. Burned 11 structures.[27]
2012	10,147 acres (4,106 ha)	Weber fire	Mancos, Colorado
2012	13,863 acres (5,610 ha)	Pine Ridge fire	West of De Beque, Colorado
2012	3,500 acres (1,400 ha)	Fern Lake fire	Rocky Mountain National Park
2013	14,280 acres (5,780 ha)[28]	Black Forest Fire	Black Forest, near Colorado Springs	The most destructive fire in Colorado state history until 2020. Destroyed 511 homes, left 28 homes partially damaged, and claimed the lives of two people.[29] Cause: natural causes eliminated.
2013	3,800 acres (1,500 ha)[30]	Royal Gorge Fire	Royal Gorge	Started June 11, 2013; jumped Royal Gorge and damaged the Royal Gorge Bridge.
2013	13,572 acres (5,492 ha)[31][32]	East Peak Fire	East Spanish Peak	Started June 19, 2013; put the entire town of Walsenburg, Colorado, under pre-evacuation status. Cause: Lightning.
2013	110,405 acres (44,679 ha)[32][33][34][35]	West Fork Fire Complex	Wolf Creek Pass	Started June 20, 2013; forced evacuation of entire town of South Fork, Colorado. The fire is composed of three subsidiary fires that merged: West Fork fire, Papoose fire and Windy Pass fire. Cause: Lightning.
2014	19,569 acres (7,919 ha)	Alkali fire	Moffat County near Maybell, Colorado
2015	11,699 acres (4,734 ha)	Gutterson Ranch fire	U.S. 34 north of Keenesburg, Colorado
2016	38,380 acres (15,530 ha)	Beaver Creek fire	Northwestern Jackson County, Colorado, Routt National Forest	Burned from June until October on the Colorado-Wyoming state line.
2016	16,574 acres (6,707 ha)	Hayden Pass fire	San Isabel National Forest southwest of Coaldale, Colorado
2016	5,232 acres (2,117 ha)	Beulah Hill fire	Beulah, Colorado	Destroyed 14 structures.
2016	18,761 acres (7,592 ha)	Junkins fire	San Isabel National Forest west of Beulah, Colorado	Destroyed 26 structures.
2017	32,564 acres (13,178 ha)	Logan fire	Logan County, Colorado	Fanned by strong winds, the fire killed hundreds of cattle and destroyed 15 structures.
2017	12,839 acres (5,196 ha)	Peekaboo fire	Northwest Moffat County, Colorado	Cause: Lightning/natural.
2017	18,804 acres (7,610 ha)	Dead Dog fire	Rangely, Colorado
2017	84 acres (34 ha)	Peak 2 fire	Breckenridge, Colorado	Although small, this fire was forced the evacuation of 463 homes near Breckenridge, Colorado.
2018	10,330 acres (4,180 ha)	Stateline fire	Las Animas County, Colorado and Union County, New Mexico	Started in New Mexico and burned into Colorado. Blackened over 28,000 acres.
2018	42,795 acres (17,319 ha)	MM 117 fire	El Paso County, Colorado	23 homes destroyed[36]
2018	33,609 acres (13,601 ha)	Badger Hole fire	Walsh, Colorado	Burned a total of 50,815 acres in Colorado and Kansas. Destroyed 24 structures.
2018	54,129 acres (21,905 ha)	416 & Burro Fire Complex	Durango, Colorado	The fire started June 1st, 2018 about 10 miles north of Durango, Colorado.
2018	108,045 acres (43,724 ha)	Spring Creek Fire	Fort Garland, Colorado / La Veta, Colorado / Sangre de Cristo Mountains	The fire started June 27th, 2018 about 9 miles NE of Ft. Garland, CO. The fire reached 108,045 acres of burned area. It was declared 100% contained on September 10, 2018.[37] More than 140 homes were lost to the fire.[38] At least 120 others have been damaged. The fire was human caused and the suspect faces 141 counts of first-degree arson — one count for each home destroyed by the fire.[39]
2018	13,023 acres (5,270 ha)	Weston Pass Fire	Fairplay, Colorado
2018	19,955 acres (8,076 ha)	Divide fire	Moffat County, Colorado
2018	20,120 acres (8,140 ha)	Silver Creek fire	Northwest of Kremmling, Colorado
2018	12,588 acres (5,094 ha)	Lake Christine Fire	Basalt, Colorado
2018	19,634 acres (7,946 ha)	Plateau fire	McPhee Reservoir
2018	36,520 acres (14,780 ha)	Bull Draw fire	North of Nucla, Colorado
2019	8,959 acres (3,626 ha)	Decker fire	Rio Grande National Forest and San Isabel National Forest south of Salida, Colorado	Caused by lightning in early September and was allowed to burn while being supervised in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness. Fire flared up jumping Methodist Mt. threatening homes south of Salida.
2020	11,818 acres (4,783 ha)	Cherry Canyon Fire	37º 22' 3" -103º 27' 1"	Caused by lightning, Sunday, May 27.[40]
2020	2,905 acres (1,176 ha)	East Canyon Fire	19 Miles East of Cortez, Colorado	Caused by lightning, initial attack on Sunday, June 14 at 12:41pm.[41]The pre-positioned Durango Interagency Type 3 team responded to the initial attack and managed the fire until the Rocky Mountain Type 2 Blue Team assumed command of the fire on Tuesday June 16, 2020. The fire transitioned back to a local Type 3 organization on Wednesday, June 24 at 6:00 a.m.
2020	139,007 acres (56,254 ha)	Pine Gulch fire	18 Miles North of Grand Junction	Caused by lightning, initial attack on Friday, July 31, after 5 PM.[42] As of 27 Aug 2020, Pine Gulch wildfire became the largest fire in Colorado history, the same day the fire became just 77% contained.[6] Suppression costs are $35,000,000.[43]
2020	3,226 acres (1,306 ha)	Fawn Creek Fire	39º 45' 44", 108º 25' 7"	Caused by lightning, July 13,2020. Suppression costs are $2,285,000.[44]
2020	32,431 acres (13,124 ha)	Grizzly Creek fire	Glenwood Canyon	Started along Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon.[45] Structures destroyed: 3. Suppression costs: $36,000,000.[46]
2020	208,663 acres (84,443 ha)[47]	Cameron Peak Fire	6 miles North of Cameron Pass (Colorado),[48] Roosevelt National Forest	Started August 13, cause under investigation. On 14 Oct 2020 the fire became the largest wildfire in Colorado history.[49] Structures destroyed: 100. Suppression costs: $84,100,000.(costs and structures destroyed as of October 14, 2020)[50]
2020	14,577 acres (5,899 ha)	Williams Fork fire	Williams Fork Drainage in the Arapaho National Forest, southwest of Fraser.[51]	Started August 14, human-caused. (Size as of 13 October 2020). Suppression costs: $22,470,000.(costs as of October 14, 2020)[52]
2020	165 acres (67 ha)	Lewstone Fire	Lewstone Creek between Highway 14 and Rist Canyon[53]	Started on August 22 and was 100% contained on August 25.[54]
2020	176,878 acres (71,580 ha)	Mullen fire*	Medicine Bow National Forest	This fire originated in Wyoming on September 17th, and burned into Colorado on October 1.[55][56] Most of the acreage of this fire is located in Wyoming. Size as of 17 October 2020. Structures destroyed: 66. Suppression costs: $34,599,924.(costs and structures destroyed as of October 15, 2020)[57]
2020	20,433 acres (8,269 ha)	Middle Fork Fire	Routt National Forest	Caused by lightning, started in Routt National Forest.[58] (Size as of 25 October 2020) Suppression costs: $5,819,235.00.(costs as of October 14, 2020)[59]
2020	192,560 acres (77,930 ha)[60]	East Troublesome Fire	Arapaho National Forest	Began on 10/14/2020 at 4:00 pm North of Parshall, Colorado causing the death of at least 2 elderly people . Cause under investigation.[61]
2020	10,095 acres (4,085 ha)[62]	Cal-Wood Fire		Reported at noon on 10/17/2020, North of Jamestown, Colorado. .
2020	460 acres (190 ha)[63]	Lefthand Canyon Fire		Discovered 12:41:00 p.m. 10/18/2020, Near Ward, Colorado.[64]

See also

• 2012 Colorado wildfires
• 2013 Colorado wildfires
• 2020 Colorado wildfires
• Timeline of Colorado history

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External links

• Wildfire History - Colorado State Forest Service via Colorado State University
• Colorado Mountain Home Wildfire Mitigation