Pine Gulch Fire
2020138,178 acresColorado
The Pine Gulch Fire burned 138,178 acres, about 216 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 31, 2020.
Watch how it happenedPine Gulch Fire · 2020
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 | 26% | 36,531 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 40% | 55,351 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 25% | 35,202 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.0% | 11,046 |
26% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 36,531 acres; 66% 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.
| Garfield County | CO | 118,012 |
| Mesa County | CO | 20,122 |
Other large fires in Colorado in 2020
- Cameron Peak Fire208,743 acres
- East Troublesome Fire193,717 acres
- Mullen Fire179,795 acres
- Grizzly Creek Fire30,698 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.