Wildfire, Bent County
- When
- February 26, 4:04 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Bent County forecast zone
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 37.955, -103.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Colorado, February 26, 2006
A grass wildfire consumed around 1000 acres near Hasty. No structures were damaged.
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 PUB wrote it up.
A grass wildfire consumed around 1000 acres near Hasty. No structures were damaged.
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 Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 26, 2:50 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 2:50 PM MST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MST SUN FEB 26 2006 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND MONDAY) DRY AND RELATIVELY FLAT UPPER RIDGE PROJECTED TO REMAIN OVER CWFA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS/NUMERICAL OUTPUT INDICATING SEVERAL ADDITIONAL DEGREES OF WARMING EXPECTED BOTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WHICH WAS WELL DEPICTED IN INHERITED ZONES... THEREFORE WELL-ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL TEMPERATURES AVERAGES WILL BE NOTED BY MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH MAJORITY OF THE EASTERN PLAINS EXPERIENCING TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. NIL POPS TO CONTINUE BOTH TONIGHT AND MONDAY CWFA-WIDE WHILE GUSTY MAINLY HIGHER TERRAIN WINDS WILL BE NOTED AT TIMES. A SOMEWHAT INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC RH PROFILE MAY BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAINS BY LATE MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING SYSTEM...WHICH MY COLLEAGUE WILL DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL BELOW. THANKS SURROUNDING OFFICES FOR COORDINATION/COLLABORATION. .LONG TERM... (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ...HOT TUESDAY W/FIRE WX CONCERNS...SNOWS FOR THE MTNS TUES NITE- WED...UNCERTAINTY STILL LOOMS LARGE FOR THE EXTENDED... NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM YDAY ATTM WRT GUIDANCE PRODUCTS. TUESDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY WARM DAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. ON THE PLAINS...GUIDANCE VALUES WAS IN THE 70S AND 80S. THIS WILL LIKELY VERIFY FOR THE MOST PART...THE ONLY CONCERN WOULD BE HOW MUCH CIRRUS WILL TEMPER THE MAX TEMPS? ADDITIONALLY...FIRE WX CONCERNS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THIS DATE AS WINDS ON THE E SLOPES OF THE S MTNS AND MOST OF THE PLAINS WILL BE QUITE GUSTY FROM THE SW AND DWPTS WILL BE QUITE LOW...WITH RH VALUES AT OR BELOW 15 MOST AREAS. FIRE WX HILITES MAY BE NEEDED ON THIS DATE. PRECIP SHOULD START TO BEGIN OVER W CO BY LATE IN THE DAY AND INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE SW MTNS BY LATER IN THE EVENING. I INCREASED THE POPS TO LIKELY ALL SW AND C MTNS WITH CATEGORICAL POPS IN WIND FAVORED SNOW REGIONS. THOUGHT OF ISSUING A WATCH FOR THE SW MTNS BUT HELD OFF FOR NOW. HILITES WILL BE NECESSARY EITHER TONIGHT OR TOMORROW FOR THE TUE NITE-WED TIME FRAME IN THE SW AND C MTNS. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME QUITE A FEW THINGS WILL FAVOR HEAVY SNOW...INCLUDING GOOD MSTR FETCH...CLIMO (ITS GETTING TO BE MARCH ALREADY) AND FAVORABLE WIND FLOW. TEMPS AHEADY OF THIS SYSTEM ARE QUITE WARM SO THE PRECIP WILL START AS LIQUID EVEN PRETTY HIGH UP... AND THEN GRADUALLY GO TO VERY WET SNOW. FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. LATEST GUIDANCE INDICATES TEMPS WILL NOT COOL OFF TOO MUCH AND HAVE INCREASED TEMPS ON WED ACROSS THE REGION. STILL LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY FOR LATE IN THE WEEK. CONSENSUS AMONGST SURROUNDING OFFICES WAS TO WARM THINGS UP A BIT AS TROUGH IS NOW FCST TO MOVE A BIT FARTHER N THAN EARLIER RUNS. POPS STILL A GOOD BET FOR THE SW AND C MTNS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE FRI AND SAT TIME FRAME. TEMPS ON THE PLAINS WILL ALSO BE WARMER AND HAVE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY TO MATCH UP WITH MOST SURROUNDING OFFICES. /HODANISH && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 77/34
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 6:52 AM MST, 9 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 652 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-271400- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 652 AM MST SUN FEB 26 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MAY AFFECT THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SOME MORE SNOW FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in California, February 26, 2006
- Cold in Maine, February 26, 2006
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 27, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 26, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, February 26, 2006
- High Wind in Oregon, February 26, 2006
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 27, 2006
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 28, 2006
- Heavy Rain in California, February 26 to 28, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 26 to 28, 2006
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 28, 2006
- Heavy Snow in California, February 26 to 28, 2006
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: 5503728.