Big Red Fire
The Big Red Fire was reported on August 19, 2017 in Routt County, Colorado and burned 2,940 acres. It was declared out on October 30, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,940 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2017
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.925, -106.884.
The incident
- Size
- 2,940 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 19, 2017 at 5:55 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 3, 2017 at 4:54 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 30, 2017 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 45 miles N of Steamboat Springs
- County
- Routt County
- State
- Colorado
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,010,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-CORTF-000402
- IRWIN identifier
- A63D1E87-75AB-4224-91FF-44CDFD42FCFD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Steamboat Springs, 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 September 29, 2018 at 6:42 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-CORTF-000402.