Kelso Fire
The Kelso Fire was reported on June 14, 2016 in Mesa County, Colorado and burned 1,500 acres. It was declared out on October 6, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2016
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.563, -108.506.
The incident
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2016 at 2:24 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 22, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 6, 2016 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Mesa County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Grand Junction
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $75,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-COGMF-000162
- IRWIN identifier
- 2E537408-7A71-42B4-BA95-8DE761AF8AF9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Nucla, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 10, 2020 at 8:56 AM MST. Identifier 2016-COGMF-000162.