Hunt Fire
The Hunt Fire was reported on September 5, 2019 in Rio Blanco County, Colorado and burned 3,766 acres. It was declared out on October 30, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,766 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 5, 2019
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.753, -108.316.
The incident
- Size
- 3,766 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 5, 2019 at 3:15 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 17, 2019 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 30, 2019 at 11:15 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 30, 2019 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 28 miles SW of Meeker, CO
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- State
- Colorado
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $675,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-COWRD-000299
- IRWIN identifier
- ED076D93-4E1B-4102-A4B8-C02B6BBC7453
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Parachute, CO covers the area today.
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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 5, 2019 at 10:35 AM MST. Identifier 2019-COWRD-000299.