A wildfire burning in western Colorado, briefly thought to be the fourth-largest in state history , was bumped back down to fifth place after firefighters more accurately mapped the burn area.

“The reported acreage on the Lee Fire has been adjusted back to the original size noted earlier in the week, following improved mapping,” fire officials stated in a Wednesday update . “The earlier increase was due to limitations in the previous data, which temporarily raised the estimate.”

The Lee fire was estimated on Tuesday to be burning on 138,844 acres between Meeker and Rifle, according to fire officials .

The 1,086-acre jump in size from Monday — after multiple days with limited to no growth — firmly placed it as Colorado’s fourth-largest wildfire on record, according to Colorado

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