Rio Grande County, Colorado · Wildfire
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The Schrader Creek Fire is a wildfire near Rio Grande County, Colorado. It has burned about 5 acres (about 4 football fields). It was first reported 2 days ago. We're also tracking 3 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Monday, July 20th at 6:48 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.
Today
67°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 10 mph NE · 8% chance of rain
Tonight
49°F · Patchy Smoke then Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 10 mph SSE · 9% chance of rain
Tuesday
64°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 15 mph NE · 36% chance of rain
Tuesday Night
49°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 15 mph SSE · 55% chance of rain
Wednesday
60°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 62% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Monday, July 20th at 8:05 a.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:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 3 other active fires, closest first:
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