| Large, Catastrophic
Fires Some of Colorado's most damaging fires since 1988 are listed below. |
| Fire
Name and Location |
Year | Damage | Cause |
| I Do (Maybell) | 1988 | 15,410 acres burned | lightning |
| Black Ridge (near Durango) | 1994 | 13,975 acres burned | unknown |
| Storm King (near Glenwood Springs) | 1994 | 2,000 acres burned and 14 firefighters killed | lightning |
| Buffalo Creek | 1996 | 12,000 acres and 9 homes burned | campfire |
| Hi Meadow (Park and Jefferson Counties) | 2000 | 10,800 acres and 51 homes burned | lightning |
| Bircher (Mesa Verde) | 2000 | 23,607 acres burned | lightning |
| Iron Mountain (near Cañon City) | 2002 | 4,439 acres and 88 homes burned | illegal barbeque |
| Trinidad complex (Colorado-New Mexico border) | 2002 | 28,383 acres burned | lightning |
| Missionary Ridge (near Durango) | 2002 | More than 70,000 acres and 45 homes burned | human |
| Hayman (southwest of Denver) | 2002 | More than 137,000 acres and 100 homes burned | human |
| Coal Seam (Glenwood Springs) | 2002 | More than 12,000 acres burned | underground coal fire |