Awatchfire

Ouray County, Colorado

Gold Mountain Fire

Burning 1.7 miles north of Ouray and 2.7 miles south of Portland, since Saturday 27 June.

Map of Colorado. The Gold Mountain Fire burns 191 miles from Denver, and 191 miles from the state capital, Denver.
The fire sits 191 miles from Denver.

39,734

acres burned so far — about 62 square miles

62

days burning so far

87%

of the perimeter held

The official record as of 10:37pm today

The Gold Mountain Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 39,734 acres in Ouray 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.

87% held

87% of the perimeter is being reported as held.

88people

are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.

Undetermined

The cause has not yet been determined.

62 days

on record — first written down on Saturday 27 June at 5:33pm local time, starting at 0 acres.

Type 3 Incident

is the incident-management level assigned to it.

38.052, -107.682lat, 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.