Английская Википедия:2020 Colorado wildfires
Шаблон:Infobox wildfire Шаблон:2020 Western United States wildfire season The 2020 Colorado wildfire season was a series of significant wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Colorado as part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season. With a total of Шаблон:Convert burned, and the 3 largest fires in state history, it is Colorado's largest wildfire season on record.[1]
During this season, the Cameron Peak Fire burned 208,913 acres, making it the largest wildfire recorded in the state of Colorado after it surpassed the Pine Gulch Fire, which earned the title seven weeks prior.[2][3] Also surpassing the Pine Gulch Fire in size was the East Troublesome Fire, which, when fully contained on November 30, had burned a total of 193,812 acres. In total, the suppression costs for the fires during the 2020 season amounted to at least $266 million (2020 USD). Throughout the year thousands of people were forced to evacuate, including the whole town of Estes Park during the East Troublesome fire. Air quality was poor as well through much of the fire season, especially during the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires. [4]
List of wildfires
The following is a list of fires that burned more than Шаблон:Convert, or produced significant structural damage or casualties.
Name | County | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes | Ref |
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Bent Fort | Otero | Шаблон:Yes2 | April 11 | April 13 | Human-caused. | [4][5] |
PCMS Complex | Las Animas | Шаблон:Yes2 | May 16 | May 21 | Unknown cause. | [4][6] |
Villegreen | Las Animas | Шаблон:Yes2 | May 18 | May 18 | Human-caused. | [4][7] |
Cherry Canyon | Las Animas | Шаблон:Yes2 | May 20 | May 27 | Caused by lightning. | [4][8] |
Bent Canyon | Las Animas | Шаблон:Yes2 | June 4 | June 11 | Caused by lightning. | [4][9] |
Barela | Las Animas | Шаблон:Yes2 | June 5 | June 5 | Caused by lightning. | [4][10] |
Sieber | Mesa | Шаблон:Yes2 | June 5 | June 9 | Unknown cause. | [4][11] |
Deer Canyon | Las Animas | Шаблон:Yes2 | June 6 | June 20 | Caused by lightning. | [4][12] |
Fawn Creek | Rio Blanco | Шаблон:Yes2 | July 13 | July 23 | Caused by lightning. | [4][13] |
East Canyon | La Plata, Montezuma | Шаблон:Yes2 | June 14 | June 27 | Caused by lightning. | [4][14] |
County Road T | Kiowa | Шаблон:Yes2 | June 15 | June 16 | Human-caused. | [4][15] |
Prowers | Prowers | Шаблон:Yes2 | June 17 | June 17 | Human-caused. | [4][16] |
Streeter | Moffat | Шаблон:Yes2 | July 7 | July 27 | Human-caused. | [4][17] |
Sunday | Weld | Шаблон:Yes2 | July 19 | July 19 | Unknown cause. | [4] |
Pine Gulch | Mesa, Garfield | Шаблон:Yes2 | July 31 | September 22 | Caused by lightning. It was the largest wildfire in Colorado history until it was surpassed by the Cameron Peak Fire seven weeks later. 6 structures destroyed | [4][3] |
Grizzly Creek | Garfield, Eagle | Шаблон:Yes2 | August 10 | December 18 | Human-caused. 3 structures destroyed. | [4][18] |
Cameron Peak | Larimer | Шаблон:Yes2 | August 13 | December 2 | Unknown cause. It is the largest wildfire in Colorado history. 469 structures destroyed, 8 structures damaged. | [4][19][20] |
Williams Fork | Grand | Шаблон:Yes2 | August 14 | November 15 | Human-caused. | [4][21] |
Deter-Winters | Adams | Шаблон:Yes2 | August 19 | August 19 | Unknown cause. | [4][22] |
Shamrock | Adams | Шаблон:Yes2 | August 19 | August 19 | Unknown cause. | [4][23] |
East Fork | Las Animas | Шаблон:Yes2 | August 22 | September 24 | Caused by lightning. Burned in two state wildlife areas. | [4][24] |
Middle Fork | Routt, Jackson | Шаблон:Yes2 | September 6 | November 17 | Caused by lightning. | [4][25] |
Mullen | Jackson, Carbon (WY), Albany (WY) | Шаблон:Yes2 | September 17 | December 3 | Unknown cause. The fire started in Wyoming, and crossed into Colorado on September 30. Sixty-six structures destroyed. | [4][26][27] |
East Troublesome | Grand, Larimer | Шаблон:Yes2 | October 14 | November 30 | Unknown cause, 580 structures destroyed, 2 fatalities.[28] As it underwent an explosive burst of growth on October 21, the fire created a huge pyrocumulonimbus cloud that rose to about Шаблон:Convert.[29] | [4][30] |
Calwood | Boulder | Шаблон:Yes2 | October 17 | November 19 | Unknown cause, 28 structures destroyed. | [4][31] |
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See also
- 2020 Western United States wildfire season
- Colorado State Forest Service
- List of Colorado wildfires
- Wildfires in the United States
References
External links
- Colorado wildfire information & resources, Colorado Tourism Office
- Hazard Mapping System: Fire and Smoke, Fort Collins Coloradoan
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