2013 Poster Session, South Platte Watershed Wildfires and Property Ownership by Diego Portillo

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DOUGLAS

JEFFERSON

TELLER

EL PASO

CLEAR CREEKARAPAHOE

Hayman Fire137,220 Acres

June 2002

Buffalo Creek Fire11,990 Acres

May 1996

Polhemus Burn7,870 Acres

September 2001

High Meadows Fire10,760 Acres

June 2000

Schoonover Fire3,470 AcresMay 2002

Snaking Fire2,310 AcresApril 2002

Black Mountain Fire200 AcresMay 2002

Lower North Fork Fire3,218 AcresMarch 2012

Waldo Canyon Fire1,8248 Acres

July 2012

Lime (Lion) Gulch Fire511 AcresJune 2013

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TarryallReservoir

CheesmanReservoir

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LakeGeorge

Aurora RampartReservoir

Strontia SpringsReservoir

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Plum Creek

Trout Creek

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Grant

Bailey

Sedalia

Deckers

Conifer

Lake George

Pine Junction

Woodland Park

Cheesman FireJuly 2013

Bear Gulch FireJune 2013

Bear Creek FireJuly 2013

Turkshead FireAugust 2013

Strontia Springs FireJune 2013

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City and County of DenverBoard of Water Commissioners

South Platte Watershed Wildfires and Property Ownership

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Major Lake or ReservoirMajor Stream or RiverMajor Canal or AqueductRoadCounty Boundary

OWNERUS Forest ServiceBureau of Land Mgt.State of Colorado PrivateOther Denver Water Property

This Geographic Information Systems (GIS) map is provided 'as is' with no claim by the Denver Water Board as to the completeness,usefulness or accuracy of its content. © 2013 Denver WaterLand ownership data compiled and maintained by the COMaP project: (Colorado Ownership, Management, and Protection (COMaP v. 9)) Database of the CO Natural Heritage Program and Geospatial Centroid at Colorado State University (released Sept. 2011). Wildfire perimeters from the USGS GEOMAC website. Smaller wildfire point locations obtained from USFS, Douglas County, and Jefferson County.

Planning & Water Resources Division

October 2013

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