Aspen Acres Fire

Custer County, Colorado · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Sep 1, 2026 (about 13 hours ago)
First reported about 2 months ago
Metric Now
Size
102,004 acres
Sep 2, 7:00 AM
+39 acres
was 101,965 acres · Aug 10, 6:00 PM
Containment
82%
Sep 2, 7:00 AM
+5 percent
was 77% · Aug 26, 6:00 PM
Crew size
61
Sep 2, 7:00 AM
−3
was 64 · Aug 31, 4:00 PM
Money spent
$103.6M
Sep 2, 7:00 AM
+$300,000
was $103.3M · Aug 27, 6:00 PM

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Aspen Acres Fire summary

The Aspen Acres Fire is a wildfire near Custer County, Colorado. It has burned about 102,004 acres (about 77,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 82% of its edge; the other 18% isn't contained yet. It was first reported about 2 months ago. About 61 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC.

Size
102,004 acres
Containment
82%
Discovered
June 29, 2026 (first reported about 2 months ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, September 2nd at 7:00 a.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

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

77°F · Sunny

Wind 5 to 10 mph WSW · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Tonight

54°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 10 to 15 mph WSW · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Thursday

78°F · Sunny

Wind 5 to 10 mph WSW · 1% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Thursday Night

55°F · Partly Cloudy

Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 2% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Friday

78°F · Partly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 19% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Dry

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, September 2nd at 7:01 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 61 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $104 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

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