Burro Fire
The Burro Fire was reported on June 8, 2018 in Montezuma County, Colorado and burned 4,593 acres. It was declared out on November 13, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 4,593 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 8, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.513, -108.111.
The incident
- Size
- 4,593 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 8, 2018 at 3:48 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 30, 2018 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 9, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- November 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Approximatly 14 miles south of Rico
- County
- Montezuma County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Rico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,330,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-COSJF-000509
- IRWIN identifier
- 6C3B0E81-A6E4-49DE-A40D-B7B84A62F294
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mancos, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mancos, CO15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Durango, CO21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Cortez, CO28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mountain Village, CO32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Telluride, CO34 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayfield, CO34 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 November 13, 2018 at 10:22 AM MST. Identifier 2018-COSJF-000509.