Plum Canyon Fire
The Plum Canyon Fire was reported on June 15, 2016 in Las Animas County, Colorado and burned 1,270 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2016
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.466, -103.538.
The incident
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2016 at 8:28 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- rural ranch PJ canyonlands
- County
- Las Animas County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Villegreen
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $125,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-COLSX-000755
- IRWIN identifier
- A23A9445-30E7-4894-9E40-77E46D6BDC09
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for La Junta, 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 9:58 AM MST. Identifier 2016-COLSX-000755.