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Routt County, Colorado

Fishhook Fire

Burning 7.5 miles south-east of Steamboat Springs and 15.4 miles north-east of Oak Creek, since Sunday 12 July.

Map of Colorado. The Fishhook Fire burns 107 miles from Denver, and 107 miles from the state capital, Denver.
The fire sits 107 miles from Denver.

309

acres burned so far — about 0.5 square miles

94

days burning so far

100%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 10:09am today

The Fishhook Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 309 acres in Routt 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.

100% held

100% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

175people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Natural

is the cause on the official record.

94 days

on record — first written down on Sunday 12 July at 11:28am local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 5 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

40.402, -106.718lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 9.8 miles from the fire: 33°F, air at 98% humidity, a 0 mph wind out of the west.

Two other fires are burning inside the same view. Monson Fire started on Monday 7 September, 5.3 miles south-west, and has reached 0 acres. Ia 1327 Fire started on Wednesday 16 September, 8.5 miles north, 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 12 July

    First reported

  2. Sunday 23 August

    309 acres on record — 100% contained, 175 personnel assigned

    309 ac · 100% held · 175 crew