Montezuma County, Colorado · Wildfire
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The North McElmo Fire is a wildfire near Montezuma County, Colorado. It has burned about under 1 acre. It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday. We're also tracking 8 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, July 21st at 8:00 a.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
91°F · Mostly Cloudy then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 10 mph SSE · 59% chance of rain
Tonight
58°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 5 to 10 mph ENE · 59% chance of rain
Wednesday
84°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph SSE · 54% chance of rain
Wednesday Night
58°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 5 mph ESE · 68% chance of rain
Thursday
86°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 47% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, July 21st at 8:04 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 8 other active fires, closest first:
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