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https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information

For those who travel out West for hunts and are concerned about Wildfires affecting their hunts, the above link will tell you about the fires in all the different states. See and CLICK the "inciweb" title in smaller black print to get a detailed report and map area of specific fires. Lets pray that 2021... is better than the 2020 wildfires. HH

Here's a take on how the monsoon may play put and temps coming around July 4th.
https://dayweatherpodcast.com/

https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn Scroll down to see the whole report

Perhaps this will help more... a inciweb report from all large fires, and all the large wildfires in Colo listed. The Oil Spring wildfire 20 miles south of Rangley is growing FAST... 6/24/21 11,933 acres. *** If all 6 fires in Colo are not showing just single click on Colorado in the listing, they will appear. HH

Thank you Wytex ! HH

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7566/

Do you hunt east of Yampa & Topanas Colo ?

Muddy Slide wildfire... 4150 acres burned east of Yampa, Colo Morrison Creek Green Ridge area. 18 nautical miles west of Kremmling. 6/25/21 HH

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=a15202437e084496a299b20c97fbd01d a better location map

https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn

This report from NIFC is updated daily... keep in touch with the wildfires % of containment, closures & evacuations ! HH

NW Colorado is going to be bad again this year

We hunted South Central Colorado last year and the amount of fuel via beetle kill was scary where we hunted. They are overdue IMO.

There is a fire right now that prompts concern west of Kremmling and east of Yampa in Colorado. Will be another ugly season , am afraid. Nothing but scorched earth in some of those hunting lands.

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7566/

That wildfire is this one, see above link troublesome8. Muddy Slide 14 % contained.. 4093 acres.. 300 personell fighting this wildfire. Click the link to see a map and write up. It is east of Yampa and Topanas, west of Kremmling. Morrison Creek area. HH

There is also a fire burning in Unit 201.The trophy area in extreme NW CO. Presently on Middle Mountain where a large portion of the elk herd frequent

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7574/ West wildfire

Saddlesore: That would be the West wildfire in Unit 201 3,439 acres 98% perimeter contained. See above link.

https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/COL...e/picts/2021_06_27-08.25.23.091-CDT.jpeg

Better view of location link above. HH

August and September is usually when the [bleep] hits the fan. If the West doesn't get rain, The fire season 2021 could be epic.

I have traveled through CO quite a bit over the past decade. The area between Creede and Salida has more dead trees to serve as tinder than anywhere else I have seen. In some places I'd estimate 95 percent of the spruce trees are dead. When that area catches fire, it's going to be spectacular.

Hopefully the monsoon will kick in early and we won't have a repeat of last year. Last year we broke the record for the biggest wildfire in state history.

And then broke it again, twice.

Those hunting along Sycamore Canyon in Arizona units 8 and 6B may wish to look at the burn map from the recent Rafael fire.
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/AZP...re/picts/2021_07_01-10.48.25.119-CDT.pdf

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/07/03/colorado-wildfires-july-3-fireworks-danger/

A July 3 2021 update from the Denver Post on Colo Wildfires above. HH

While "inciweb" , is great information , keep in mind that it's 24 to 36 hours old. The information coming from the fire team, is prepared the previous, afternoon and then sent to the National Interagency Fire Coordination Center in Boise Idaho. The Forest Service uses the same data but breaks it down to provide detailed info. The "Daily Situation Report" which comes from the Regional Coordination Centers, to the National Interagency Coordination center, is also available and gives a broader summery of the situation nationwide and less narrative.

Inciweb seems to be more up to date than NIFC. Right now there's a fire about 50 miles from me. Last night Inciweb was reporting it at 700 acres while NIFC still had it at about 350. Right now Inciweb won't click to give any info.

https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn

July 30th 2021 report from NIFC of all large wildfires burning in different states, mostly out West, see Link above. HH