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The Muddy Slide Fire, Colorado
I'm not sure how it got its name, but the fire started in the Gore Range in Routt National Forest on Sunday, June 20th, and has expanded to 1025 acres. This pic taken 8:13 p.m. June 22, 2021 from one of our pastures as the setting sun magnifies the plumes of smoke clouds.
I estimate the fire to be 20 air miles north of us. It is feeding on pines and lodgepole beetle kill. Fortunately, wind is blowing all that smoke east. Fires in the arid American west are a natural and predictable event in summer. This one likely caused by lightning, but they are still investigating. Another, larger fire nearly 4000 acres, the Sylvan Fire, is burning south of us maybe 50 air miles away. It has been confirmed it was started by lightning. Today might be rough as there are red flag warnings (wind), but the rest of the week promises cool and rainy weather.
The Muddy Slide Fire, Colorado
I'm not sure how it got its name, but the fire started in the Gore Range in Routt National Forest on Sunday, June 20th, and has expanded to 1025 acres. This pic taken 8:13 p.m. June 22, 2021 from one of our pastures as the setting sun magnifies the plumes of smoke clouds.
I estimate the fire to be 20 air miles north of us. It is feeding on pines and lodgepole beetle kill. Fortunately, wind is blowing all that smoke east. Fires in the arid American west are a natural and predictable event in summer. This one likely caused by lightning, but they are still investigating. Another, larger fire nearly 4000 acres, the Sylvan Fire, is burning south of us maybe 50 air miles away. It has been confirmed it was started by lightning. Today might be rough as there are red flag warnings (wind), but the rest of the week promises cool and rainy weather.