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Garfield County, Colorado

Pinyon Fire

Burning 4.5 miles north-east of De Beque and 8.2 miles south-west of Parachute, since Tuesday 25 August.

Map of Colorado. The Pinyon Fire burns 177 miles from Denver, and 177 miles from the state capital, Denver.
The fire sits 177 miles from Denver.

3

acres burned so far

50

days burning so far

—

no share of the perimeter reported held yet

The official record as of 10:09am today

The Pinyon Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 3 acres in Garfield 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.

50 days

on record — first written down on Tuesday 25 August at 2:36pm local time, starting at 3 acres.

39.368, -108.167lat, lon

is the official point of origin on the interagency record.

Conditions measured 14.6 miles from the fire: 44°F, air at 70% humidity, a 19 mph wind out of the north-east.

Six other fires are burning inside the same view. Powerline Fire started 80 minutes after this one, 0.4 miles north-east, and has reached 0 acres. Roan Creek Fire started 111 minutes after this one, 4.7 miles west, and has reached 0 acres. 310 Fire started on Thursday 6 August, 11.1 miles north-east, and has reached 603 acres with 11 people assigned. Kimball Fire started on Monday 24 August, 12.6 miles east, and has reached 0 acres. Clear Fire started on Wednesday 16 September, 12.7 miles north-west, and has reached 0 acres. Balzac Fire started on Friday 28 August, 13.9 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. Tuesday 25 August

    First reported at 3 acres

    3 ac
  2. Tuesday 25 August

    3 acres on record

    3 ac