Awatchfire

Montrose County, Colorado

Lion Canyon Fire

Burning 11.7 miles east of La Sal and 21.7 miles south-east of Spanish Valley, since Monday 24 August.

Map of Colorado. The Lion Canyon Fire burns 245 miles from Denver, and 245 miles from the state capital, Denver.
The fire sits 245 miles from Denver.

0

acres burned so far

51

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 10:09am today

The Lion Canyon Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 0 acres in Montrose 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.

51 days

on record — first written down on Monday 24 August at 10:52am local time, starting at 0 acres.

38.343, -109.056lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 14.6 miles from the fire: 49°F, air at 78% humidity, a 7 mph wind out of the north.

Five other fires are burning inside the same view. Antecedent Fire started on Sunday 13 September, 12.3 miles east, and has reached 0 acres. Subsequent Fire started on Sunday 13 September, 12.6 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. Rock Mesa Fire started on Saturday 12 September, 14.1 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. Sewemup Fire started on Saturday 12 September, 14.2 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. Blue Mesa Fire started on Saturday 12 September, 15.3 miles north-east, 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. Monday 24 August

    First reported

  2. Monday 24 August

    0 acres on record

    0 ac