Spruce Creek Fire
The Spruce Creek Fire was reported on May 14, 2024 in Montezuma County, Colorado and burned 5,699 acres. It was declared out on September 11, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,699 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 14, 2024
- Personnel
- 49
Map
Perimeter mapped September 20, 2024 at 1:43 PM MDT, 5,699 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 37.523, -108.301.
The incident
- Size
- 5,699 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM MDT
- Contained
- May 31, 2024 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 11, 2024 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 miles north east of Dolores, CO and 10 miles north of Mancos, CO.
- County
- Montezuma County
- State
- Colorado
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 49
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,480,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-COSJF-000178
- IRWIN identifier
- 51FDF3AD-619F-4BC6-826F-A13DCB2F88EE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 17, 2024 (8 acres) to September 20, 2024 (5,699 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,094 acres, mapped May 22, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2024 | 8 | |
| May 19, 2024 | 1,342 | +1,334 |
| May 20, 2024 | 1,644 | +302 |
| May 21, 2024 | 1,868 | +224 |
| May 22, 2024 | 4,962 | +3,094 |
| May 23, 2024 | 5,707 | +745 |
| September 20, 2024 | 5,699 | -8 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dolores, 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 September 20, 2024 at 1:43 PM MDT. Identifier 2024-COSJF-000178.