Cabin Lake Fire
The Cabin Lake Fire was reported on July 29, 2018 in Rio Blanco County, Colorado and burned 5,975 acres. It was declared out on December 6, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,975 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.916, -107.640.
The incident
- Size
- 5,975 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2018 at 1:54 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 9, 2018 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- December 1, 2018 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 Miles SE of Meeker, CO
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Meeker
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $13,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-COWRF-000411
- IRWIN identifier
- 26402A84-6AC1-4998-BF65-E7DF3E330795
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Meeker, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Meeker, CO17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- New Castle, CO24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Silt, CO25 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Rifle, CO27 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Glenwood Springs, CO30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Battlement Mesa, CO39 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Colorado wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 7, 2018 at 10:23 AM MST. Identifier 2018-COWRF-000411.