Official Thread for all 2020 Colorado Fire Season Topics (Denver, Fort Collins: campus, humidity)

[DOUBLE H]

Local radio KNZZ in Grand Junction has announced a few hours ago that the westbound lane of I-70 has now been opened, with conditions.
I would imagine that "conditions" would be to have two lane traffic going. The speed limit through the canyon is posted at 50 m.p.h., I think it's a safe bet that they would have signs up saying 40, maybe 35 m.p.h. In any event, it's good news for the travelers, and the truckers as well. Still, whenever I go through there, I generally keep an eye for falling rocks. I've been through the canyon a couple hundred times in my life, I know about those rocks. I'll be going through there in a couple days, have a lot of work to do at my sister's place.

ADD---the latest stats on the fire itself is 30,715 burned---33% contained.

[Neditate]

Stay safe Double H!

[jim9251]

Pine Gulch Fire near Grand Junction 135,903 acres 935 personnel 47% contained.

Grizzly Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs 32,060 acres 775personnel 44% contained

Williams Fork Fire near Frasier 11,726 acres 310 personnel 5% contained

Cameron Peak Fire near Redfeather Lakes 21,017 acres 686 personnel 0% contained

Thorpe Fire near Webber Park 159 acres 101 personnel 50% contained

Goose Creek Fire near Creede 171 acres 3 personnel 85% contained

I-70 has partially re opened

[Vision67]

PHOTOS: Grizzly Creek, Pine Gulch fires as seen from above

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/2...aerial-photos/

[jim9251]

Pine Gulch Fire near Grand Junction now the largest wildfire in Colorado history 139,009 acres 753 personnel 77% contained

Grizzly Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs 32,448 acres 644 personnel 71% contained

Williams Fork Fire near Frasier 12,079 acres 396 personnel 5% contained

Cameron Peak Fire near Redfeather Lakes 23,007 acres 742 personnel 0% contained

Thorpe Fire near Webber Park 159 acres 24 personnel 100% contained

Mill Creek Fire near Gunnison 5 acres 100% contained

[Vision67]

Cameron Peak fire area received up to 14 inches of snow, dampening wildfire’s growth

The fire remains at 102,596 acres, or about 160 square miles, and is 4% contained

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/09/0...tember-9-snow/

"The Cameron Peak fire remained static overnight Tuesday, as the late-summer snowstorm dampened the wildfire’s growth after days of uncontrolled expansion.

The fire is still burning 102,596 acres — or 160 square miles — with 4% containment, said Paul Bruggink, spokesman for the fire response.

Areas of the fire received as much as 14 inches of snow, Bruggink said, though it’s still smoldering underneath the powder.

“This is not a season-ending event by any means,” he said. “We need a succession of these to do it.”

But the dampened activity will allow fire crews Wednesday to assess hot spots and plan courses of action for later in the week, when the weather is expected to warm and dry out, Bruggink said.

An assessment of damage from the fire’s growth over the weekend still has not been completed, he said, as roads remain impassable in some areas.

The Cameron Peak fire remains the fifth-largest in Colorado’s recorded history. All 10 of the largest fires in the state have come since 2002."

[otowi]

I think it would be fascinating to see pictures of the fire in the snow....

[BarryK123]

There's always the Cuyahoga River fire in Cleveland.

[jim9251]

Pine Gulch Fire near Grand Junction 139,007 acres 253 personnel 95% contained

Grizzly Creek Fire near Glenwood Springs 32,431 acres 81 personnel 91% contained

Williams Fork Fire near Fraser 12,157 acres 102 personnel 10% contained Forest Closure Order remains in effect

The Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests also implemented a Forest Closure Order that affects roads, recreation areas, trailheads and campgrounds. This entire area remains closed to the public, including walk-in traffic.

Roads: Co Rd 30, Co Rd 50 starting at Young Life, Forest Service Roads 133, 134.1, 137, 138, 139, 148, 259 & all roads within Forest closure area.
Forest Service Trailheads: Lower Creekside, St. Louis Creek, Leland Creek, St. Louis Lake, Byers Peak, Deadhorse, South Fork, Williams Fork, Darling Creek, Ute Peak, Lake Evelyn, Kinney Creek, Vasquez Peak, Keyser Ridge, Jones Pass, Elk Meadows, Mt. Nystrom, Boardwalk, Twin Bridges, and all trails within Forest closure area.
Forest Service Campgrounds: South Fork, Sugarloaf, Horseshoe, St. Louis Creek

Cameron Peak Fire near Redfeather Lakes 102,596 acres 496 personnel 4% contained

Middle Fork Fire near Steamboat Springs 3,522 acres 93 personnel

Forest Closure: A Routt National Forest closure is in effect within the Mount Zirkel Wilderness Area – closure area follows Wilderness boundary on east and west; on the south it follows the Wilderness boundary, Trail 1101 (CDNST) and Trail 1132 (Newcomb Creek); and on the north it follows Trail 1131 (Lost Ranger), CDNST south to Lost Ranger Peak, west to The Dome, and down the North Fork drainage. Trails 1131 and 1132 are open. No roads or trailheads are closed.

[DOUBLE H]

Well,it ain't over yet! KKCO-11, the NBC affilite from Grand junction, is calling for a red flag warning in northern Mesa County and also Rio Blanco and Moffat county. Temps are heating up to the upper 80's with 10% humidity going into the weekend. At least the fire north of Grand Junction is out but the one near Cameron Pass is still going.