7,257
acres burned so far — about 11 square miles
50
days burning so far
52%
of the perimeter held
The official record as of 10:37pm 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.
52% held
52% of the perimeter is being reported as held.
122people
are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.
Undetermined
The cause has not yet been determined.
50 days
on record — first written down on Thursday 9 July at 9:46am local time, starting at 0 acres.
Type 3 Incident
is the incident-management level assigned to it.
38.124, -107.355lat, lon
is the official point of origin on the interagency record.
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.