Land cover · Colorado 2026

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Acres by cover type Acres in Colorado % of burned % of Colorado
Forest 193,277 61.5% 30.8%
Range (shrubland) 55,706 17.7% 20.1%
Grassland 55,407 17.6% 36.2%
Other 9,628 3.1% 12.9%
Burned in from another state or province 8,082 — —
Measured acres in Colorado 314,018 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Colorado Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Aspen Acres Fire 102,007 101,993 68,521 18,624 13,972 877 0
Ferris Fire 64,881 64,880 51,079 11,870 609 1,322 0
Gold Mountain Fire 39,747 39,755 32,254 5,361 1,152 989 0
Snyder Fire 30,202 26,575 (of 30,203) 14,593 8,732 357 2,893 0
Sharpe Fire 29,209 16,674 (of 29,559) 6 2,672 13,235 761 0
24 Fire 7,385 7,411 3,146 832 2,762 671 0
Willow Fire 7,534 7,261 7,007 58 144 51 0
Elk Fire 7,257 7,254 6,284 259 407 305 0
County Rd 169 Fire 5,586 5,599 0 10 4,102 1,486 0
113 Fire 5,107 5,128 0 4 5,063 61 0
Hammer Fire 4,900 4,967 0 0 4,966 1 0
Post Fire 4,335 4,345 173 154 4,018 0 0
Keystone Fire 3,042 3,044 596 2,389 51 8 0
Poitrey Canyon Fire 2,113 2,118 945 470 703 0 0
Fuhr Gulch Fire 1,650 1,650 251 1,057 332 10 0
Schwachheim Fire 1,582 1,583 553 740 289 1 0
Pl Gulch Fire 1,580 1,580 1,212 265 9 93 0
Rio Blanco Fire 1,388 1,385 1,308 57 15 6 0
Wagon Wheel Fire 1,312 1,383 0 0 1,369 14 0
Sheep Head Fire 1,322 1,324 772 167 382 2 0
Big Gulch Fire 1,055 1,053 8 919 126 0 0
Doe Canyon Fire 1,046 1,045 987 58 0 0 0
Swiss Roll Fire 777 780 768 1 1 10 0
Sheep Pen Fire 712 714 80 74 560 0 0
Far Draw Fire 0 650 561 89 0 0 0
310 Fire 603 600 356 156 49 39 0
Cr X Fire 512 513 0 13 499 1 0
Bee Hive Fire 336 335 324 10 0 1 0
Dry Creek Fire 316 315 213 99 2 0 0
Red Rock Fire 341 309 164 145 0 0 0
Fishhook Fire 309 309 309 0 0 0 0
Bear Fire 128 149 94 45 9 0 0
Chama Canyon Fire 141 143 122 18 4 0 0
High Fence Fire 121 122 9 21 92 0 0
Mc Cloud Fire 109 113 62 40 3 8 0
11 Fire 107 108 77 11 13 7 0
Two Track Fire 70 84 77 7 0 0 0
Ko Fire 64 65 4 9 46 6 0
Sw3 Fire 145 63 1 62 0 0 0
Buttermillk Fire 65 61 18 4 39 0 0
Brush Creek Fire 59 58 8 49 0 0 0
Paradox Trail Fire 53 53 49 4 0 0 0
County Road 80 Fire 50 47 0 33 12 2 0
South Shale Fire 44 44 34 9 0 2 0
Green Ridge Fire 41 41 32 5 4 0 0
Stove Canyon Fire 44 40 39 0 0 0 0
Lawhead Fire 35 35 31 4 0 0 0
Finley Canyon Fire 34 35 31 4 0 0 0
Hunter Fire 32 32 0 32 0 0 0
Indian Creek Fire 31 30 28 1 1 0 0
Hartman Hill Fire 26 26 19 6 0 0 0
Kittle Fire 25 25 5 13 6 0 0
Stewart Fire 25 25 12 14 0 0 0
Gotera Fire 23 24 13 9 2 0 0
Spring Creek Fire 21 21 19 2 0 0 0
Hermosa Cliff Fire 18 19 1 18 0 0 0
Dry Creek Fire 6 6 6 0 0 0 0
Hidden Creek Fire 4 4 3 1 0 0 0
Penley Fire 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
Burnett Gulch Fire 2 3 3 0 0 0 0
Moose Mountain Fire 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Mill Creek 4 Fire 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
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) 4 2,101 5,895 82 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 66 329,679
Offered to measurement 66 329,679
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 66 329,679
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Colorado 0 0
Measured acres in Colorado 66 314,018
Measured acres outside Colorado — 16,513
Whole perimeter acres — 330,531
Reported minus measured — -852
Burned in from another state or province 1 8,082

LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT with USFS RDS-2020-0044 for CO. Land cover tabulated through 2026-10-15. 30 m cells.