Wildfire, Animas River Basin
- When
- June 30, 1:00 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Animas River Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 37.287, -107.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Colorado, June 30, 2005
The Well 2 Fire started 8 miles southwest of Red Mesa on the Ute Indian Reservation. Winter range for big game as well as archeological sites were threatened by the fire.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
The Well 2 Fire started 8 miles southwest of Red Mesa on the Ute Indian Reservation. Winter range for big game as well as archeological sites were threatened by the fire. By the end of the month about 375 acres of pinyon pine, juniper, and grass had been consumed by the fire. For a continuation on this incident please see the July 2005 Storm Data publication.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 3:18 AM MST, 9 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:18 AM MST, 9 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 418 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)... ZONAL FLOW DOMINATING ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO THIS MORNING WITH A SUBTROPICAL HIGH CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS. AIRMASS OVER THE AREA IS QUITE DRY PER LATEST RAOB AND GOES DATA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS SHOW A FEW WEAK SHORTWAVES EMBEDDED IN THE FLOW TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THESE WAVES MAY HELP TRIGGER AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM OR TWO NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ACROSS THE NORTH. OTHERWISE, FORCING LOOKS TO WEAK TO OVERCOME A DRYING AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS SO KEPT POPS AT ZERO. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE PATTERN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A WARMING TREND TO CONTINUE. MIN HUMIDITIES TO TREND DOWN TODAY WITH THE WARMING AIRMASS AND LOWERING DEW POINTS. ALTHOUGH HUMIDITIES WILL BE GETTING QUITE LOW THE WINDS SHOULD STAY LIGHT ENOUGH TO KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS LOW. LITTLE CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES FOR FRIDAY WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO GENERALLY BE LIGHT WITH SOME AFTERNOON GUSTINESS. LINDQUIST .LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...GFS AND EC IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR A CHANGE...SHOWING RIDGE LINE MOVING INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS AS A SHALLOW TROF EVOLVES ALONG THE WEST COAST. THIS LEADS TO A GENERAL WESTERLY FLOW OVER OUR CWA...WHICH SHOULD SEVERELY LIMIT ANY NORTHWARD PUSH OF SUBTROPICAL MSTR. HOWEVER WITH HIGH CENTER PULSING AROUND NORTHERN MEXICO THEIR EXISTS A POSSIBILITY WE MAY SEE SOME INFLUX OF MSTR UNDER THE RIDGE. THE HIGHEST THREAT WOULD BE OVER THE SRN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. FOR NOW THE CURRENT GRIDS LOOK FINE HOWEVER DID TWEAK POPS UP SATURDAY. TEMPS WILL BE SEASONABLY WARM AND WENT A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE NEXT WEEK. .GJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .CO...NONE. .UT...NONE. && TL/MC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:45 AM MST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 545 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 COZ001>014-017>023-UTZ022>025-027>029-011200- ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-ARCHES/GRAND FLAT-CANYONLANDS/NATURAL BRIDGES- CENTRAL COLORADO RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- CENTRAL YAMPA RIVER BASIN-DEBEQUE TO SILT CORRIDOR- EASTERN UINTA BASIN-EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-FLAT TOPS- FOUR CORNERS/UPPER DOLORES RIVER- GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- GRAND VALLEY-LA SAL AND ABAJO MOUNTAINS-LOWER YAMPA RIVER BASIN- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-PARADOX VALLEY/LOWER DOLORES RIVER- ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-SOUTHEAST UTAH- SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE-UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- UPPER YAMPA RIVER BASIN-WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- 545 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. TAL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5458780.