Gold Mountain Fire

Perimeter mapped September 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM MDT, 39,747 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.052, -107.682.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Ouray

Size

39,747 acres

Containment

92%

Discovered

June 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM MDT

Cause

Undetermined

Location

2 Miles N from Ouray, CO

County

Ouray County

State

Colorado

Nearest city reported

Ouray

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Personnel assigned

9

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$65,347,773

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-COGMF-000099

IRWIN identifier

2ED6C776-D2C7-49E5-8004-27CEA40D5D79

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 28, 2026 (4,276 acres) to September 3, 2026 (39,747 acres). The largest one-day growth was 5,207 acres, mapped June 30, 2026.

• Wind up to 10 mph from the south-southeast
• Relative humidity as low as 35%
• High of 66°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Ouray, CO

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.1 µg/m³ around Tue, 8:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Ouray, CO2 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Telluride, CO11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Mountain Village, CO13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Montrose, CO31 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Olathe, CO42 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Delta, CO52 miles northwest of the fire’s origin