Quartz Ridge Fire
The Quartz Ridge Fire was reported on August 5, 2023 in Archuleta County, Colorado and burned 2,850 acres. It was declared out on December 13, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,850 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2023
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped December 15, 2023 at 11:43 AM MST, 2,850 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 37.362, -106.803.
The incident
- Size
- 2,850 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2023 at 9:01 AM MDT
- Contained
- November 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM MST
- Controlled
- December 13, 2023 at 1:40 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 13, 2023 at 1:40 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 11 miles Northeast of Pagosa Springs, CO
- County
- Archuleta County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Pagosa Springs
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,025,940
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-COSJF-000678
- IRWIN identifier
- AD9B0ACE-5F92-485B-88E4-E4C7134836BB
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 6, 2023 (131 acres) to December 15, 2023 (2,850 acres). The largest one-day growth was 577 acres, mapped August 8, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2023 | 131 | |
| August 7, 2023 | 559 | +428 |
| August 8, 2023 | 1,136 | +577 |
| August 9, 2023 | 1,228 | +92 |
| August 10, 2023 | 1,300 | +72 |
| August 11, 2023 | 1,366 | +66 |
| August 12, 2023 | 1,375 | +9 |
| August 13, 2023 | 1,440 | +65 |
| August 16, 2023 | 1,475 | +35 |
| August 19, 2023 | 1,490 | +15 |
| August 20, 2023 | 1,507 | +17 |
| August 21, 2023 | 1,664 | +157 |
| August 22, 2023 | 1,799 | +135 |
| August 27, 2023 | 1,833 | +34 |
| August 29, 2023 | 1,840 | +7 |
| September 2, 2023 | 1,842 | +2 |
| September 4, 2023 | 1,845 | +3 |
| September 6, 2023 | 1,944 | +99 |
| September 7, 2023 | 2,384 | +440 |
| September 8, 2023 | 2,615 | +231 |
| September 10, 2023 | 2,792 | +177 |
| September 15, 2023 | 2,848 | +56 |
| September 17, 2023 | 2,849 | +1 |
| September 18, 2023 | 2,850 | +1 |
| September 22, 2023 | 2,850 | 0 |
| September 26, 2023 | 2,870 | +20 |
| December 15, 2023 | 2,850 | -20 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Pagosa Springs, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Pagosa Springs, CO13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Dulce, NM32 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Navajo, NM32 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Del Norte, CO33 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Chama, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Monte Vista, CO39 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 December 20, 2023 at 1:25 PM MST. Identifier 2023-COSJF-000678.