Plateau Fire
The Plateau Fire was reported on July 22, 2018 in Dolores County, Colorado and burned 19,634 acres. It was declared out on October 17, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 19,634 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2018
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.658, -108.474.
The incident
- Size
- 19,634 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2018 at 3:18 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 6, 2018 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 9, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approximately 13 miles North of Dolores, CO
- County
- Dolores County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Dolores
- 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
- $3,801,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-COSJF-000930
- IRWIN identifier
- 0CEDB469-D049-4704-B471-B363D43543E4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dolores, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Dolores, CO13 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Cortez, CO22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mancos, CO24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Towaoc, CO34 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mountain Village, CO39 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Telluride, CO41 miles northeast 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 November 10, 2018 at 9:00 AM MST. Identifier 2018-COSJF-000930.