Fire Activity 9.15.2016


Maid Of Erin

• Turquoise Lake - Maid of Erin CG
• Initial Response 12:59 pm
• Burning smoldering duff
• Size .1ac
• Resources on scene: crews from USFS,
• #MaidofErinFire
• Contained 2:40 pm
• Cause: Escape Campfire
• Controlled and Out: 2:50pm

9.14.2016 Fire Activity


Update: Name Change Old Timer not (Long Hollow)

•  S of Deckers / Trout Creek
• Resources hiking in 8:15
• Size: 1/10 acre
• #OldTimerFire
• update: Contained at 1200 size .1 ac
• Lighting Cause
• Update: fire controlled at 1:15 pm

Fire Activity 09/13/16

Sugar Fire

• Resources responded at 5:28 p.m.

• 4 miles NE of Deckers

• US Forest Service response: squad of firefighters

• Cause Lighting

• .1 acre, burning actively

• Contained to .1 acre at 10:03 pm 

• Firefighters hiking out returning to quarters 10:11 pm

• Will re-engage at 7:00 am (9/14/16)
• #SugarFire 
• Resources on scene operations normal
• Update: fire controlled at 2:03 pm

Prescribed Fire Season Approaching

San Carlos Ranger District Planning Black Mountain Prescribed Burns

As cooler damper weather approaches the Pike and San Isabel National Forests are calling attention to some planned prescribed fire projects. As weather and fire behavior permit, the Forest Service will return to the Black Mountain area on the San Carlos Ranger District. The Forest Service routinely conducts prescribed burns there to keep frequent, low-intensity fire as a part of the forest ecosystem. The maps below show the general project area and the specific burn unit boundaries. The Forest Service will update this site as specific burn dates are determined and operations proceed.

For complete information on the Pike and San Isabel National Forests' prescribed fire program including the Black Mountain project please visit their website's prescribed fire page . Follow links to specific Ranger District prescribed fire information.

Fire Update 9.11.2016

Noddles Fire

• UPDATE  Noddles Fire Controlled at 10:10 a.m. 9/13

• UPDATE 7:15 a.m. 9/12- Noddles Fire re-measured at 1.75 acres

• UPDATE: 6:45 a.m. 9/12 -Noddles Fire contained at 10:41 p.m. on 9/11

• Determined to be human-caused

• Earlier called "Campbell Mt. Fire"

• Reported at 5:35 p.m. 9/11

• North of Devil's Head Lookout off FS Road 676

• US Forest Service response: firefighters with helicopter assist, engine en route

• 1 acre, burning actively 

Below: the Noddles fire burning near Devil's Head Lookout

Kia Fire

• Reported 2:56 p.m. 9/11

• 5 miles SW of Colorado Springs

• Vehicle fire, spread to vegetation

• Broadmoor Fire and Rescue and US Forest Service response

• Controlled at 5:20 p.m, one-tenth acre

Fire Update 9.10.2016

Fire 1819

• Reported 12:44 a.m. September 10

• 3 miles SW of Buffalo Creek CO

• Abandoned campfire escaped its ring

• US Forest Service response

• Controlled at 2:15 p.m. September 10 at one-tenth acre

Fire Update 9.9.2016

Trail Head Fire (1812)

• Update: contained at 4:30 p.m. at one-tenth acre

• Reported 4:57 p.m.

• Vehicle fire at junction of Forest Service Rd 300 and Jackson Creek Road

• 1.25 miles south of Devil's Head Lookout

• USFS and Jackson Fire responding

• Threatens to spread to vegetation

Fire Update 9.8.2016

Fire 1796

• Reported 4:04 p.m 9/7
• USFS response
• Vehicle fire threatening wild land
• 2 miles east of Continental Divide on Park Co. Rd. 60
• Contained at 6:00 p.m. 9/7 at less than one-tenth acre
• Controlled 10:38 a.m. 9/8

Fire Update 9.5.2016

Green Timber Gulch Fire

• 12 miles SW of Buena Vista near Cottonwood Reservoir in Chaffee County
• Reported at 4:45 p.m.
• US Forest Service response
• Human-caused, escaped campfire
• Fire contained at less than one-tenth acre at 6:00 p.m.
• UPDATE: Fire controlled at 6:58 p.m.

Fire Activity 9.4.2016

The U.S. Forest Service responded to two escaped or abandoned campfires this weekend:

31 Fire

• Reported 9:13 a.m. Sunday 9-4
• 8 miles SE of Buffalo Creek in Flat Rocks Campground
• Caused by an unattended campfire that escaped its ring
• Less than one-tenth acre in size
• Controlled at 11:53 a.m. 9-4

507 Fire

• Reported 3 p.m. Saturday 9-3
• 6 miles NW of Perry Park
• Caused by an unattended campfire that escaped its ring
• Less than one-tenth acre in size
• Controlled at 4:45 p.m. 9-3