WEST SLOPE FIRE INFORMATION
July 19, 2023 – Lightning storm came through Montrose and surrounding area late afternoon. Fire resources are responding and making their way into multiple new ignitions, including the new start on Simms Mesa. Some areas received heavy rain at the end of the storm, which will assist fire resources.
Norwood, Colorado, July 1, 2022 Name: Horsefly Fire Location: Seven miles north of Norwood, CO off Highway 90, on… Continue Reading Horsefly Fire Update
MONTROSE, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southwest District plans to burn slash piles on public lands… Continue Reading BLM Gunnison and Tres Rios Field Offices plan winter prescribed pile burning
The evacuation orders have been lifted for the Simms Fire for all residents *EXCEPT those along the Wildcat Drainage… Continue Reading Evacuation Order Lifted Except for Residents of Wildcat Drainage Area
New Fire Start—Horsefly Fire Norwood, Colorado, June 30, 2022 Name: Horsefly Fire Location: 7 miles north of Norwood, CO… Continue Reading New Fire Start—Horsefly Fire
The North Zone, Grand Valley Ranger District is planning a prescribed burn on the Uncompahgre Plateau. The goal of… Continue Reading USNF Prescribed Burn 5/17/22 & 5/18/22
DOLORES, Colo. – Stage 1 fire restrictions begin May 25 for all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) public lands… Continue Reading BLM implements Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in Tres Rios Field Office