Burn severity · Colorado 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Colorado
Unburned to very low 32,228 14,719 40,144 5,709 0 92,800
Low 15,581 13,231 7,187 1,721 0 37,721
Moderate low 19,187 8,378 3,076 815 0 31,456
Moderate high 23,610 7,256 2,508 695 0 34,068
High 102,665 12,123 2,492 688 0 117,968
Assessed acres in Colorado 193,271 55,706 55,407 9,628 0 314,012
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Colorado Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Aspen Acres Fire 102,007 101,993 27,021 10,202 9,665 9,430 45,676
Ferris Fire 64,881 64,880 1,949 4,212 6,658 13,930 38,130
Gold Mountain Fire 39,747 39,755 8,685 2,652 2,397 3,896 22,126
Snyder Fire 30,202 26,575 (of 30,203) 7,145 10,947 7,107 1,049 327
Sharpe Fire 29,209 16,674 (of 29,552) 15,464 1,205 5 0 0
24 Fire 7,385 7,411 3,781 1,249 747 882 753
Willow Fire 7,534 7,261 4,131 186 146 186 2,611
Elk Fire 7,257 7,254 1,612 619 600 737 3,685
County Rd 169 Fire 5,586 5,599 4,959 619 19 1 0
113 Fire 5,107 5,128 4,947 176 6 0 0
Hammer Fire 4,900 4,967 4,134 833 0 0 0
Post Fire 4,335 4,345 557 798 1,229 1,185 576
Keystone Fire 3,042 3,044 2,174 477 191 122 81
Poitrey Canyon Fire 2,113 2,118 998 719 243 136 22
Fuhr Gulch Fire 1,650 1,650 98 712 576 191 73
Schwachheim Fire 1,582 1,583 1,432 140 10 0 0
Pl Gulch Fire 1,580 1,580 137 191 242 396 614
Rio Blanco Fire 1,388 1,385 300 196 179 201 509
Wagon Wheel Fire 1,312 1,383 1,182 201 1 0 0
Sheep Head Fire 1,322 1,324 206 209 279 349 280
Big Gulch Fire 1,055 1,053 80 245 310 374 44
Doe Canyon Fire 1,046 1,045 8 12 48 256 721
Swiss Roll Fire 777 780 173 47 50 75 435
Sheep Pen Fire 712 714 449 120 59 48 39
Far Draw Fire 0 650 0 6 23 92 529
310 Fire 603 600 73 83 99 87 259
Cr X Fire 512 513 513 0 0 0 0
Bee Hive Fire 336 335 29 125 165 16 0
Dry Creek Fire 316 315 62 118 87 46 2
Red Rock Fire 341 309 14 114 100 73 8
Fishhook Fire 309 309 92 12 12 14 179
Bear Fire 128 149 24 24 30 68 2
Chama Canyon Fire 141 143 60 36 15 11 22
High Fence Fire 121 122 39 62 20 0 0
Mc Cloud Fire 109 113 6 46 25 35 1
11 Fire 107 108 53 28 8 8 12
Two Track Fire 70 84 3 8 10 19 43
Ko Fire 64 65 31 24 8 2 0
Sw3 Fire 145 63 1 3 8 30 21
Buttermillk Fire 65 61 55 6 0 0 0
Brush Creek Fire 59 58 54 5 0 0 0
Paradox Trail Fire 53 53 0 5 20 24 4
County Road 80 Fire 50 47 0 0 0 7 39
South Shale Fire 44 44 2 8 12 22 0
Green Ridge Fire 41 41 3 0 4 4 28
Stove Canyon Fire 44 40 0 4 7 18 11
Lawhead Fire 35 35 0 4 8 9 14
Finley Canyon Fire 34 35 6 5 3 8 14
Hunter Fire 32 32 27 4 1 0 0
Indian Creek Fire 31 30 0 0 1 6 22
Hartman Hill Fire 26 26 0 0 2 2 21
Kittle Fire 25 25 0 0 3 4 18
Stewart Fire 25 25 3 6 6 4 6
Gotera Fire 23 24 6 7 4 5 0
Spring Creek Fire 21 21 6 4 4 4 3
Hermosa Cliff Fire 18 19 10 9 0 0 0
Hidden Creek Fire 4 4 1 1 1 0 0
Penley Fire 3 3 1 0 0 1 1
Burnett Gulch Fire 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
Moose Mountain Fire 1 2 0 0 0 1 1
Mill Creek 4 Fire 2 2 0 0 0 1 1
8 80 Fire 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
Kineo Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cottonwood Pass Fire 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rapid Creek 2 Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ballard Fire burned in from Oklahoma 18,323 8,082 (of 18,442) 7,935 146 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Dry Creek Fire 6 — Awaiting clear imagery
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 66 329,679
Offered to assessment 66 329,679
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 65 329,673
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 1 6
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Colorado 0 0
Assessed acres in Colorado 65 314,012
Assessed acres outside Colorado — 16,507
Whole perimeter acres — 330,519
Burned in from another state or province 1 8,082

Generated 2026-10-17 06:00 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 2026-10-17 06:00 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for CO. 30 m cells.