Barela Fire
The Barela Fire was reported on June 5, 2020 in Las Animas County, Colorado and burned 2,521 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,521 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 5, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported, 359 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 37.112, -104.221.
The incident
- Size
- 2,521 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 5, 2020 at 5:15 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- East of Hermosa Valley Reservoir
- County
- Las Animas County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Hoehne
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-COLSX-000617
- IRWIN identifier
- C6E15D54-4043-4B6E-BBF3-3C1A828DD480
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Trinidad, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Trinidad, CO16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Raton, NM19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Walsenburg, CO47 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Colorado City, CO67 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rocky Ford, CO71 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- La Junta, CO71 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 June 6, 2020 at 11:44 AM MDT. Identifier 2020-COLSX-000617.