Weston Pass Fire
The Weston Pass Fire was reported on June 28, 2018 in Park County, Colorado and burned 13,023 acres. It was declared out on October 8, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,023 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2018
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.055, -106.069.
The incident
- Size
- 13,023 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2018 at 11:36 AM MDT
- Contained
- October 18, 2018 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- June 18, 2019 at 9:10 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 8, 2019 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 9 miles SW of Fairplay, CO
- County
- Park County
- State
- Colorado
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-COPSF-001278
- IRWIN identifier
- 8AB9239F-2B25-41A6-9D6A-F0DD03B579B6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fairplay, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fairplay, CO12 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Buena Vista, CO15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Leadville, CO18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Leadville North, CO19 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Breckenridge, CO30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Frisco, CO36 miles north 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 October 14, 2019 at 8:04 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-COPSF-001278.