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Small wildland Fire on Peewink Mountain #boulder #fourmilefire #boulderfire
Jan 13th
On January 13, 2011 at approximately 3:00am, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, United States Forest Service, and members of the Sugarloaf Fire Department, Four Mile Fire Department, and Nederland Fire Department responded to the area of Peewink Mountain near the 8500 block of Sugarloaf Rd., on the report of a small wildland fire.
The Fire is burning on Forest Service property, and as of 05:30am, is approximately ½ acre in size. The fire is contained and no structures were threatened.
It is believed that the cause of the fire was from a previous slash pile burn on Forest Service property that reignited and spread. The Forest Service is assuming command of the incident.
From: Sgt. Troy Wolf (303) 441-4444 Re: Wildland Fire Peewink Mountain Case #11-204 Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
#bouldercounty #boulderfire First info more that 11/2 hours after fire starts
Oct 29th
There are two fires located approximately 1/4 mile west of Boulder Canyon. It is about 10 acres in size and moving north. Currently the fire is burning near Elephant Buttress above Dome Rock on city of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks.
#1 – 5 acres
#2 – 1 acre
Evacuating-
Canon Park Subdivision, base of Boulder Canyon
Mouth of Sunshine Canyon up to Poorman Road, includes Seven Hills subdivision and Anemone Rd.
Knollwood Subdivision
Boulder Canyon (State Hwy 119) is closed at Settler’s Park in Boulder
Evacuation area: Evacuated residents are advised to go to the Jury Assembly room at Justice Center, 6th & Canyon
About 2 dozen firefighters are on-scene
Reporting:
Four Mile Fire Protection District
Boulder Rural
City of Boulder Fire
Sugarloaf
Boulder County Sheriff fire crews
Single engine tanker requested
Mutual aid requested from Rocky Mountain Fire and Lefthand Fire
10/29 09:00 EOC Activited for Boulder Canyon Fire
The Emergency Operations Center has been activated for the Boulder Canyon Fire. More details will be posted here as information becomes available. At this time, the emphasis is on dispatching emergency and fire personnel to the fire and working on mapping the area.
The fire is burning on public land at Mile Marker 40 in Boulder Canyon near Elephant Buttress.
Weather Red Flag Warning! #Boulder Trees down all over Boulder
Oct 26th
Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 129 PM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
COZ238>251-270100- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0016.101026T1929Z-101027T0100Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 129 PM MDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...239... 240...241...242...243...244...245...246...247...248...249... 250 AND 251... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242... BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. * WIND...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW ANY GRASS FIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && BARJENBRUCH $$