Awatchfire

San Miguel County, Colorado

Big Gyp Fire

Burning 13.7 miles south of Naturita and 15.6 miles south-west of Redvale, since Sunday 30 August.

Map of Colorado. The Big Gyp Fire burns 234 miles from Denver, and 234 miles from the state capital, Denver.
The fire sits 234 miles from Denver.

0

acres burned so far

46

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 10:09am today

The Big Gyp Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 0 acres in San Miguel County, Colorado. The figures below are the official record. A satellite heat map and day-by-day history appear here as soon as detections are attributed to this fire.

Undetermined

The cause has not yet been determined.

46 days

on record — first written down on Sunday 30 August at 8:10am local time, starting at 0 acres.

38.026, -108.627lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 14.8 miles from the fire: 52°F, air at 60% humidity, a 5 mph wind out of the north-east.

Five other fires are burning inside the same view. Sage Fire started on Saturday 12 September, 1.1 miles south-east, and has reached 0 acres. Trust Fire started on Saturday 12 September, 8.0 miles east, and has reached 0 acres. Barkelew Fire started on Tuesday 1 September, 8.0 miles east, and has reached 0 acres. Davis Hill Fire started on Tuesday 1 September, 9.0 miles south-west, and has reached 0 acres. Black Snag Fire started on Saturday 19 September, 15.5 miles south, and has reached 0 acres. Their heat is counted against them, not against this fire, and the pale rings on the map mark where they are recorded.

No smoke has been recorded lying over this ground.

No satellite heat has been attributed to this fire yet — either it is too new for a pass to have caught it, or it is too small to register from orbit. Everything above is from the interagency incident record and updates as that record does.

How the record has moved

Each step is a change on the interagency incident record — acreage, containment or crews — with the date it was reported. No satellite reading is involved.

  1. Sunday 30 August

    First reported

  2. Sunday 30 August

    0 acres on record

    0 ac