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| The 2011 Sand Gulch Fire on the San Isabel NF just before it blew up to 2500 acres. |
If you wonder where wildfires ignite in Colorado, follow this link and scroll down to a compex interactive map.
It was created by journalists at the Colorado Sun online publication (and a good for statewide -- although inevitably Denver-centric) news. Authors
As fires explode around the Front Range, we wanted to map out where they were in relation to each other. But taking it further, we stepped away from the minute-by-minute updates to take a historical view of fires and where they burn.
We looked through the National Interagency Fire Center’s records on fires since 2009 and plotted them on a map — all 10,849 of them. What resulted was a galaxy of blazes, but one with a clear message: Reported fires tend to happen most often where people live.
One caution: This data comes from the National Interagency Fire Center's database. That means it favors fires that burn on or adjacent to public lands.
There are in fact many wildfires in eastern Colorado that don't show up here. And while I live where there is a mix of public and private land, I can see that some fires in my area are missing, which I think is due to falling through the cracks in federal reporting and cataloging.
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That is correct. fires on non-federal jurisdictions are not reported there. To get a complete picture is difficult. Additionally, if you look at historical databases of fire occurrence and perimeters there are many missing simply due to the fact that how fires were reported and mapped by all responsible agencies over the years has had about as many forms as there are agencies.
Hi Chas,
Off topic, but I thought you might be interested in James Lileks' Bleat column today--he did a Main Streets Google View feature on Clayton, NM, including a shot of Crossroads Coffee, which you featured a while back. I thought of it instantly when I read the title destination. He says he'll be back for more next week. Scroll down for the article:
https://lileks.com/bleats/archive/24/0824/24.html
Thanks for that link. Yup, it's Clayton. I do read Lileks down and then -- I figure he will be the last one typing when Minneapolis burns.
No doubt, LOL. I think Lileks recently lost his job at the Minneapolis newspaper, he's been in a funk about it. He does have other irons in the fire, though.
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