Colorado Fire info

[flatlander51]

Any updates on the fire near Glenwood Springs?

 

[Mighty Mouse]

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/ has a map showing active fires with links to the latest status for each one.

 

[Mattt]

70 closed at exit 116 Glenwood, we had to get down last nite. It’s moving pretty good. Jumped the river and headed south about midday yesterday. Headed there now so will update if I get a chance

 

[RancherJohn]

Grizzly Creek fire is burning in Glenwood Springs Canyon, as @Mattt said it jumped I-70 yesterday and is burning to the south and the east, 3,200 acres as of last night. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6942/

Colorado is a tinder box, Stage 2 fire bans will be enacted in new areas starting tomorrow.

 

[11boo]

Like he said, check inciweb. The big one is pine gulch. For now. I have never seen the humidity this low and the high temps combine to turn the west slope into a pile of tinder. Driving up the mountain a couple days ago, there were a lot of spots along the highway that had burned and gotten put out quickly.

I’m not afraid to tell you guys I once started a small grass fire with my truck exhaust. Got the truck moved and fire out, but it could have gone bad in a heartbeat. A shovel is always good to have handy, as is a fire extinguisher.

Please be careful out here.

 

[Phaseolus]

Here’s Pine Gulch blowing up from my backyard today

 

[flatlander51]

Here’s Pine Gulch blowing up from my backyard today

Wow, stay safe man!

 

[street]

CO needs it tbh. Deadwood is everywhere, blowdown, beetle, etc.

 

[11boo]

CO needs it tbh. Deadwood is everywhere, blowdown, beetle, etc.

We sure as hell don’t need it now.

 

[justinspicher]

It’s inevitable, its going to happen, just a matter of when.

 

[Courtlandfarms]

This is what happens when liberal states reject harvesting operations and historically suppress fires... You end up with a tinderbox that is one lighting strike away from burning the west half of the state. Nature will run its course sooner or later, and it won't be good for some folks.

 

[RancherJohn]

Grizzly Creek is 6,200+ acres now, see pic #1 for the perimeter of that fire.

Pine Gulch is 68,000+ acres now, see pic #2 for the perimeter of that fire.

These updates and maps are to show how fast these fires can grow and the scale of their impact on the landscape to folks coming out west for the season & to remind everyone to check fire bans before heading into the elk woods.

 

[11boo]

Stage 2 fire restrictions start tomorrow in Mesa county. Need a serious rain dance out here.

 

[RancherJohn]

Put another fire on the board. Called in at 3PM, over 1,500 acres by 7:15PM. Don't plan on a fire if you're coming to CO this year.

Cameron Peak Fire near Chambers Lake in western Larimer County grows to 4,590 acres

The Cameron Peak Fire in western Larimer County grew to 2,180 acres in size as of Friday morning and was growing, with extreme behavior, fire officials said.

www.thedenverchannel.com

 

[kscreekguy]

We are in Dillon hanging out for a few days and the smoke has really ramped up here today.

 

[v37co]

There are evacuation orders for Bair ranch, coffee pot and sweet water. Super Smokey to the east of the canyon. Stay safe all

 

[Gunnersdad49]

As of this morning, the Cameron Peak Fire was still listed at 0% contained and mandatory evacuations are in place to the North. The Poudre Canyon and Red Feather Lakes Road are both either closed or closed to all but local traffic only.

Game Management Units 6, 7, 8, , 18, 19, 20, 171 all sort of converge (plus or minus) at Chambers Lake, where the fire started. If anyone in the area needs help evacuating, especially livestock, let me know. I can get a few trucks together to help.

 

[Elkfitness]

We came up to steamboat yesterday afternoon and the smoke at silverthorne was pretty thick and was only getting worse as you went west in i70. It did clear up as we went north towards steamboat but you can still see the smoke. It’s really dry everywhere. We went up the poudre canyon a month ago and drove out through deadman’s road, and I am imagining a fire in there. Not good.


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[DenverCountryBoy]

The smoke down here in the city has been increasing all week. Just a hint of smoke in the air on Sunday to hazy and strong smoke scent today. The sunrise this morning was red.