Cameron Peak Fire And Snow

Snow and cold temps slow down cameron peak fire downgrade evacuations if only for a few days.

Cameron peak fire and snow. The cameron peak fire topped 102 596 acres or 160 square miles overnight monday but fire crews credit snowfall and colder weather for stopping a continued spread. This account provides fire information for the cameron peak fire located 25 miles east of walden. The massive wildfire west of fort collins surpassed the 100 00 acre mark over the weekend and will likely burn well into october. In the cameron peak fire burn area west winds of 20 30 mph with gusts of up to 60 mph are expected to mix with relative humidity as low as 11 percent to once again stoke fire behavior.

In both the northern and southern zones of the wildfire west. Published on sep 8 2020 2 17pm mdt environment primary category in which blog post is published. Why heavy snow is not expected to drastically help the cameron peak fire by dillon thomas september 6 2020 at 3 42 pm filed under. Cameron peak fire still burns with snow on the ground october 11 2020.

Cameron peak fire haze larimer county news wildfire. On the south end the fire pushed out of the comanche peak wilderness area and toward the colorado state university mountain campus prompting mandatory evacuations of residents and business owners in the monument gulch and pingree park areas and the area. Firefighters expect the fire will pick up in the coming. Five inches of snow fell.

The cameron peak fire did not grow sunday even as higher temperatures began to melt the snow that s kept the fire stable for several days. The cameron peak fire is currently 133 884 acres and 44 contained. A warning sign indicating a high fire risk is covered with snow near a roadblock along stove prairie road near the perimeter of the cameron peak fire near fort collins colo. Friday saw another day of critical fire weather and very active fire.