4,343
acres burned so far — about 7 square miles
17
days burning so far
90%
of the perimeter held
The official record as of 10:37pm today
The Post Fire is on the interagency wildfire record at 4,343 acres in Las Animas 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.
90% held
90% of the perimeter is being reported as held.
1people
are assigned to the fire on the latest interagency record.
Natural
is the cause on the official record.
17 days
on record — first written down on Tuesday 11 August at 6:55pm local time, starting at 1,000 acres.
Type 4 Incident
is the incident-management level assigned to it.
37.082, -104.421lat, 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.