The official record as of 10:09am today
The Elk Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 7,257 acres in Hinsdale 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.
90% held
90% of the perimeter is being reported as held.
7people
are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.
Undetermined
The cause has not yet been determined.
98 days
on record — first written down on
Thursday 9 July
at 9:46am local time, starting at 0 acres.
Type 4 Incident
is the incident-management level assigned to it.
38.124, -107.355lat, lon
is the official point of origin on the interagency record.
Conditions measured 20.4 miles from the fire: 37°F, air at 79% humidity, a 2 mph wind out of the west.
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.
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Thursday 9 July
First reported
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Sunday 23 August
7,257 acres on record — 33% contained, 137 personnel assigned
7,257 ac · 33% held · 137 crew
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Wednesday 26 August
Containment 46% — 134 personnel
7,257 ac · 46% held · 134 crew
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Thursday 27 August
Containment 64% — 122 personnel
7,257 ac · 64% held · 122 crew
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Thursday 27 August
Containment 52%
7,257 ac · 52% held · 122 crew
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Sunday 30 August
Containment 66% — 101 personnel
7,257 ac · 66% held · 101 crew
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Tuesday 1 September
Containment 73% — 73 personnel
7,257 ac · 73% held · 73 crew
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Thursday 1 October
Containment 90% — 7 personnel
7,257 ac · 90% held · 7 crew
