Firefighting aircraft were hampered by the weather in the morning but were back in the air in the afternoon. She joined the paper in 2019 and previously worked as a crime reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in Pennsylvania and the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee. The Calwood Fire northwest of Boulder, Colorado has spread to the east, reaching Highway 36 (N. Foothills Highway), or at least spot fires have. Weather stations in the area recorded one or two hundredths of an inch of precipitation during the day while the humidity ranged in the 80s or 90s. Flames from the Cameron Peak Fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado history, burn trees along a ridge outside Estes Park, Colo., Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Sorry to be ‘that guy’ but where do the come up with these weirdo names for wildfires? CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS. Photo courtesy of Art Messal via Estes Park Trail-Gazette. Spot fires have reached Highway 36 to the east. A map showing the location of a small brush fire that ignited south of the Grizzly Creek Fire on Wednesday. (Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team) The Red Canyon Fire was first spotted just after 4 p.m. about 5 miles south of Interstate 70, where the 29,000-acre Grizzly Creek Fire continues to burn between Glenwood Springs and Gypsum. CHRISTY SPORTS CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICE Competitive hourly rate + incentive. As wildfires ravage the state, engulfing homes and forcing thousands to flee flames creeping toward vulnerable communities, Coloradans should know there are multiple avenues for staying informed about evacuation notices depending on where a person resides. Crews will work to build containment lines along those areas Sunday, spokesman Dave Stephan said. Having done that though I can now see all of the houses and properties that are is serious danger. The crew estimates the Calwood Fire had at that time burned about 3,300 acres. Required fields are marked *. For Monday expect decreasing west winds of 10 mph gusting to 17 while the RH drops to the low 20s. There is no cost, and in case you change your mind each email has an unsubscribe button. Bethany Baker, Fort Collins Coloradoan via AP. The Rube Creek Fire sparked Thursday afternoon north of I-70 in Wolcott. The list includes 23 homes described as a total loss. Thanks and a tip of the hat go out to LM. The Cameron Peak fire seen from south of Estes Park on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Horsetooth Reservoir was closed Sunday because of the fire, according to the Larimer County Department of Natural Resources. Map data is automatically updated by government agencies and could lag real-time events. At 3:05 p.m. a … A new fire in Colorado that was reported at 12:17 p.m. MDT Saturday developed a large smoke plume within the first hour. By Soo Kim On 10/23/20 at 6:59 AM EDT . I have observed multiple large fire vortices and a large, rotating pyrocumulus column. The Cameron Peak fire has surged past the second-largest fire in the state’s recorded history, which also happened this year — the Pine Gulch fire burned about 139,000 acres north of Grand Junction. The Boulder County Office of Emergency Management reported at 1:48 p.m. that the town of Jamestown was being evacuated. I know that map legends may have been missing from your original sources, but not knowing what the various colors on the multi mission aircraft CalWood map represent is frustrating. By continuing to use the site, you accept our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. In the case of the Cal Wood fire, the point of origin or reporting party’s location was the Cal-Wood Educational Center / Ranch in Boulder County. Click here. Extremely dangerous #CalwoodFire just north of Boulder, CO directly affecting WUI right now. But on a September Zoom video conference — days after his latest climb of the 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania — Swarner pondered a novel question about the physiology of his lungs. Take care & keep raking Colorado, I do have to say I like being able to scroll in on the maps now. The preliminary estimated size at that time was 8,788 acres. This map is managed by the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and is updated with information on fires 100 acres or larger. He said that at this point, fire officials don’t expect the blaze to make its way further east and into Loveland or Fort Collins, and said natural features in the area would help to slow the blaze if it did start moving that way. Don’t feel left out ok…cause they do it to us here too in Californication. A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 6 p.m. local time. The largest wildfire in Colorado’s recorded history topped 200,000 acres Sunday, becoming the first known fire in the state to grow that large. Location: Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest near Cameron Pass and Chambers Lake, approximately 50 miles west of Fort CollinsSize: 206,977 AcresContainment: 57%Start date: August 13Cause: Unknown, still under investigation, Location: Outside of GranbyStart Date: October 14Size: 170,163 AcresContained: 5%, Location: Boulder CountyStart Date: October 17Size: 10,073 AcresContainment: 55%, Cause: Unknown, still under investigation, Location: Outside of SilvertonStart Date: October 19Size: 596 Acres, Location: Glenwood CanyonSize: 32,466 acresContainment: 91%Start date: Aug. 10Cause: Human-caused, Location: 15 miles southwest of Fraser in Grand CountySize: 14,670 acres Containment: 30%Start date: Aug. 14Cause: Human-caused, Location: 11 miles northeast of Steamboat SpringsSize: 20,194 acresStart date: Sept. 6Containment: 5%, Location: Outside of WardStart Date: October 18Size: 460 AcresContained: 100%, Location: Northwest of Green Mountain Reservoir Start date: October 7Size: 88 AcresContained: 100%, Location: 18 miles north of Grand JunctionSize: 139,007 acresContainment: 100%Start date: July 31Cause: Lightning, Location: 2 miles southwest of Tarryall in Park CountySize: 159 acresContainment: 100%Start date: Aug. 23Cause: Unknown. Are we seeing more bears because there are more bears on the valley floor, or because we’re all spending more time at home? Flames burn along a ridge near a roadblock to the Cameron Peak wildfire outside Estes Park, Colo. late Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. The fire is mostly unsecured along the east and south perimeters, including a branch of fire that spread east during high winds last week. They’ve been mostly successful holding that perimeter, except for a 2,400-acre spot fire that started Saturday about a mile east of County Road 27. Senior General Ledger Accountant position available at Copper Mountain! I found more information here in one day than in the last 2 months! That spot fire is burning near Buckskin Heights not far from Masonville. This map contains live feed sources for US current wildfire locations and perimeters, VIIRS and MODIS hot spots, wildfire conditions / red flag warnings, and wildfire potential.Each of these layers provides insight into where a fire is located, its intensity and the surrounding areas susceptibility to wildfire. VIDEO: Vail Daily reporter Scott Miller takes a motorcycle cruise through Glenwood Canyon on I-70 on Monday, August 24, following a two week closure of the interstate as a result of the Grizzly Creek Fire. Colorado Fire Map, Update as East Troublesome Blaze Grows by 150,000 Acres in a Day. “Cal-Wood Fire” the f**k? “The plan is to build a line all the way across the south edge of the fire while it’s not moving today, and kind of anchor it in that position,” he said. Airn Hartwig loads a chicken into a cardboard box as she separates her chickens during evacuation from in Masonville due to the Cameron Peak fire on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. Wow. Updated October 17, 2020   |    5:41 p.m. MDT. Have a wildland fire news tip? Windy, dry conditions have caused flare ups all across the state. The weather forecast is similar to the one for the Lefthand Fire — strong winds out of the west Sunday night at 16 mph gusting at 25  to 30 mph with the humidity in the 50s. Other than that, thank you very much for all of the information! Your email address will not be published. The wind is expected to decrease Saturday night and the relative humidity will increase substantially, but breezy conditions with wind gusts in the 20s will exist off and on through Tuesday. Incident types are numbered 1-5 — a type 1 incident is a large, complex wildfire affecting people and critical infrastructure, a type 5 incident is a small wildfire with few personnel involved. Vail Resorts funded project from The Nature Conservancy aims to see if aspen trees can be made to repopulate an area where lodgepole pine conifers were removed. Smokes of Cameron Peak Fire covers Fort Collins area sky at Fort Collins, Colorado on Wednesday. The method for naming a fire depends upon local jurisdiction, but the most commonly accepted protocol is to use the closest geographic feature or map location (usually using US Geologic Survey topographic maps, 7.5 minute series) as the name for the fire.

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