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Intense fire season in northwest Colorado driven by high temperatures, drought
11/13/2018 7:05:41 PM



CATEGORIES:
Fire
AFFECTED AREAS:
Grand County, CO
Jackson County, CO
Moffat County, CO
Rio Blanco County, CO
Routt County, CO

Start Date: 1/1/2018 - End Date: 11/11/2018
Extreme heat and drought drove northwest Colorado’s worst fire season in recent years. More than 200 fires scorched 169 square miles in Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt, Jackson and Grand counties in 2018. The area burned in 2018 was more than twice that burned in 2017 and more than in any fire season in the past 20 years. The Denver Post (Colo.), Nov. 11, 2018
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