Bull Draw Fire
201837,237 acresColorado
The Bull Draw Fire burned 37,237 acres, about 58 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 29, 2018.
Watch how it happenedBull Draw Fire · 2018
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 7.7% | 2,866 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 41% | 15,149 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 40% | 15,047 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 11% | 4,170 |
8% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 2,866 acres; 48% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Montrose County | CO | 18,845 |
| Mesa County | CO | 18,332 |
Other large fires in Colorado in 2018
- Spring Creek Fire107,022 acres
- 416 Fire55,178 acres
- Badger Hole Fire49,177 acres
- Ryan Fire28,851 acres
- Stateline Fire28,533 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.