Lost Solar Fire
The Lost Solar Fire was reported on August 8, 2016 in Rio Blanco County, Colorado and burned 4,417 acres. It was declared out on November 28, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,417 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2016
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.869, -107.465.
The incident
- Size
- 4,417 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2016 at 2:22 PM MDT
- Contained
- November 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- November 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Meeker, CO
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $892,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-COWRF-000464
- IRWIN identifier
- 55D8E089-D719-4272-9E61-D39E908FBEE4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for New Castle, CO covers the area today.
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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 August 24, 2018 at 1:15 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-COWRF-000464.