Burn severity · Colorado 2025

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Colorado
Unburned to very low 11,395 14,840 6,017 3,046 0 35,299
Low 15,800 12,958 2,229 1,413 0 32,400
Moderate low 21,538 10,958 1,977 648 0 35,121
Moderate high 32,681 13,573 1,688 387 0 48,328
High 56,064 16,660 988 323 0 74,035
Assessed acres in Colorado 137,478 68,990 12,898 5,817 0 225,183
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Colorado Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Lee Fire 137,758 137,759 15,852 22,435 23,207 32,040 44,225
Turner Gulch 31,699 31,704 2,072 3,729 4,449 7,175 14,280
Elk RBX Fire 14,518 14,517 511 1,727 2,565 4,018 5,697
Stoner Mesa Fire 10,249 10,249 3,123 1,420 1,224 1,390 3,093
33 Fire 10,102 10,121 10,042 40 23 4 11
Derby Fire 5,453 5,454 477 481 621 689 3,187
Twelve Fire 4,287 4,283 2,447 773 745 305 13
South Rim 4,232 4,233 64 217 505 1,426 2,021
Sowbelly Fire 2,274 2,277 180 806 848 385 58
Crosho Fire 2,073 2,073 138 235 240 310 1,150
Ute 63 Fire 530 535 38 93 294 108 1
Wright Draw 466 466 163 87 58 93 66
Cottonwood Flat Fire 310 311 35 70 63 91 52
Elkhorn Fire 298 296 35 42 68 125 25
Waters Canyon Fire 208 207 24 100 70 13 0
Leroux Fire 195 197 14 17 30 78 58
La Plata 133 133 22 20 18 21 52
Coulter Creek Fire 106 107 1 38 37 19 12
Rim Road Fire 97 95 16 16 15 29 19
Oak Fire 70 69 27 17 11 6 8
Little Cimarron Fire 50 43 0 14 27 2 0
Maverick Fire 20 21 1 19 1 0 0
Command 66 Fire 9 10 10 0 0 0 0
105 Command Fire 6 7 0 2 3 2 0
Yellowjacket Fire 29 7 1 0 0 0 6
Snowmass Creek 2 Fire 4 4 4 0 0 0 0
Callan Draw Fire 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
Deer Creek burned in from Utah 17,724 2,596 (of 17,719) 327 933 788 390 159
Westwater Fire burned in from Utah 220 140 (of 219) 13 77 50 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(5)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Horse Draw Fire 748 — Awaiting a perimeter
Turkey Track 128 — Awaiting a perimeter
Muddy Fire 3 — Awaiting a perimeter
Lone Pine Fire 2 — Smaller than one cell
Parkdale Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 32 226,059
Offered to assessment 32 226,059
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 27 225,178
Awaiting a perimeter 3 879
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 2 2
Every cell outside Colorado 0 0
Assessed acres in Colorado 27 225,183
Assessed acres outside Colorado — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 225,183
Burned in from another state or province 2 2,737

Generated 2026-09-17 20:40 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 20:40 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CO. 30 m cells.