Baca County, Colorado · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
100 acres
Aug 10, 7:00 PM
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— |
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Road Fire is a wildfire near Baca County, Colorado. It has burned about 100 acres (about 76 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.
The size and containment above are current as of Monday, August 10th at 6:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
101°F · Sunny
Wind 20 mph S · 5% chance of rain
Tonight
68°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 15 to 20 mph SSW · 13% chance of rain
Tuesday
100°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph SSW · 3% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
66°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 15 mph SW · 23% chance of rain
Wednesday
100°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 20 mph WSW · 4% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, August 10th at 6:03 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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