Cache Creek Fire
The Cache Creek Fire was reported on July 28, 2018 in Garfield County, Colorado and burned 2,703 acres. It was declared out on December 6, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,703 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.404, -107.890.
The incident
- Size
- 2,703 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018 at 8:22 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 8, 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
- Human
- Location
- 8 Miles SW of Rifle, CO
- County
- Garfield County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Parachute
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,360,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-COWRF-000409
- IRWIN identifier
- 117BE473-AF98-4B69-BF1F-F85BA5233266
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Battlement Mesa, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Battlement Mesa, CO8 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Parachute, CO9 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Rifle, CO11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Silt, CO16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- New Castle, CO22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Glenwood Springs, CO32 miles east 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 10:24 AM MST. Identifier 2018-COWRF-000409.