Wildfires

BLM Farmington Field Office  Crews from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and San Juan County are on-scene at the Lake Fire on Middle Mesa, northwest of Navajo …

USDA Forest Service The Dry Lake Fire is now 11 percent contained and firefighters have completed “blacklining” the control lines around the 1,372-acre fire. 135 fire personnel are assigned to …

USDA Forest Service Carson National Forest firefighters responded to a lightning-caused fire on the Jicarilla Ranger District. The approximately 400-acre American Mesa Fire is located off Forest …

Staff report According to the USDA Forest Service this afternoon: "The one-acre Quartz Ridge Fire was detected on the Pagosa Ranger District of the burning approximately three miles into the South …

Dry Lake Fire update

San Juan National Forest Firefighters made progress during yesterday’s blacklining operations on the perimeter of the Dry Lake Fire. The 300-acre lightning-caused fire is burning in the First Notch …

Fire restrictions implemented

By Randi Pierce Staff Writer Fire restrictions are in place for parts of Archuleta County, with additional agencies moving into fire restrictions in the coming days. The Bureau of Land Management …

Progress made on area fires

By Randi Pierce | Staff Writer Containment on a pair of lightning-caused wildfires fires burning within Archuleta County grew over the last week, with the Coal Mine Fire 100 percent contained as of …

  Chris Mountain Fire Update  July 7, 2023, 9am  Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team Three  Matt Spring, Incident Commander   Date Reported : June 28, …

July 6, 2023; 9:00 am  Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team Three  Matt Spring, Incident Commander   Date Reported …

Chris Mountain Fire Update  July 4­, 2023  9:00 am  Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team Three  Matt Spring, Incident Commander   Date Reported : …

July 3, 2023 9:00 am Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team Three Matt Spring, Incident Commander Date Reported: June 28, 2023 Cause: Lightning Size: 459 Containment: 0% Total …

July 2, 2023 - Chris Mountain Fire Update  Chris Mountain Fire News - 07/02/2023  Chris Mountain Fire Update July 2, 2023  10:00 am Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team …

Rocky Mountain Area Complex Incident Management Team Three Matt Spring, Incident Commander Date Reported: June 28, 2023 Cause : Lightning Size : 348 Containment : 0% Total Personnel : 302 Location : …

The Chris Mountain Fire on the San Juan National Forest Pagosa Ranger District was reported on June 28th, 2023 at 3:00pm. The 200-acre fire is burning on Chris Mountain, located approximately 12 …

Coalmine Fire Photo courtesy Debbie McAlister The Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office gave the following update on the Coal Mine Fire at approximately 1 p.m.: “Coal Mine Fire Update: as of 11:49 am …

Friday midday update The San Juan National Forest Type 3 Incident Management Team posted the following update midday on Friday, June 30: The Chris Mountain Fire on the San Juan National Forest Pagosa …

Coalmine Fire Photo courtesy Debbie McAlister Coal Mine fire update approximately 5 p.m. on June 29: The fire has grown to 267 acres since this morning. Air resources continue dropping water and fire …

Coalmine Fire Photo courtesy Debbie McAlister The Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office reported the following at about 12:45 p.m. on June 29: “Coal Mine Fire Update: The fire has grown to 220 …

Mandatory evacuation issued for Forest Road 628 San Juan National Forest Type 3 Incident Management Team The San Juan National Forest Type 3 Incident Management Team reported the following about the …

Mandatory evacuation issued for Forest Road 628 San Juan National Forest Public Information Officer Lorena Williams The  Chris Mountain Fire  on the San Juan National Forest Pagosa Ranger …

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