Gold Mountain Fire Evacuations

The Gold Mountain Fire that originated in Ouray County has progressed to just west of the southwestern Gunnison County line near Owl Creek Pass. 16,559 acres with 0% containment.

> A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION remains in effect for Zone 32 shown on the evacuation map in yellow: https://nifc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=a245e662d7d74b679c420acb6b20ba83. This is the area south of Storm King, east of Cimmaron Ridge to County Rd 864A in the Cimmaron Valley to the US Forest Boundary southwest Gunnison County.

Review the map now if you live in the area of southwest Gunnison County to get familiar with your zone.

> The U.S. Forest Service has evacuated the Cow Creek, Big Cimarron, and Silver Jack Basin areas to the East Fork of the Cimarron River.

> Forest Service Road 858 (Cimarron Road) is closed (local traffic only) at U.S. Highway 50.

> For the safety of firefighters and the public, the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests’ Ouray Ranger District has implemented a fire closure area in the vicinity of the Gold Mountain Fire. The closure area applies to all National Forest System lands within Ouray, Gunnison, and Hinsdale counties east of Hwy 550, south of Hwy 50, west of Pinnacle Ridge, north of Matterhorn Peak and Northeast of Cascade and Bridalveil creeks. The closure restricts public access to all lands, roads and trails within the described area.

For questions about this incident, call 970-325-3056 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. or email [email protected].

For updated information about the Gold Mountain Fire, go to: https://www.facebook.com/GoldMountainFire or https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/cogmf-gold-mountain-fire.

For up to date wildfire information across Colorado, visit Watch Duty: https://app.watchduty.org/.

To learn more about Evacuation Notice terminology, click here: https://emergency.gunnisoncounty.org/preparedness/