Fuhr Gulch Fire
1,650 acres
100% contained
Colorado

No longer on the NIFC active list. The last reading we recorded was 1,650 acres at 100% contained on 2026-08-17. Incidents drop off the feed when they are contained or declared out — the feed does not tell us which, so we do not guess. This page is kept as the record of what we read while it burned.

Source: the federal NIFC/WFIGS Incident Locations feed, re-read every 30 minutes. Last read 2026-08-17 22:49 UTC. Nothing on this page is estimated.

The numbers
StateColorado
Size1,650 acres
Containment100%
CauseNatural
DiscoveredJul 21
Personnel assigned33
Day-by-day, as we read it
DateAcresContainedChange
2026-08-091,650100%
2026-08-101,650100%no change
2026-08-111,650100%no change
2026-08-121,650100%no change
2026-08-131,650100%no change
2026-08-141,650100%no change
2026-08-151,650100%no change
2026-08-161,650100%no change
2026-08-171,650100%no change
Trails within 100 km

None of the trails we track are within 100 km of this fire. Smoke still travels far beyond that, so check the AQI on whichever trail page you are headed for.

What does “100% contained” mean here?

Containment is the share of the fire's perimeter that crews have a control line around — not how much of the fire is out. A 95% contained fire can still put up plenty of smoke; a 0% contained fire is still growing freely.

Where do these numbers come from?

The NIFC/WFIGS Incident Locations feed — the official interagency record used by fire managers. We re-read it every 30 minutes and stamp the read time. The day-by-day table is our own record of those reads; acres sometimes drop when a perimeter is remapped, and we label that rather than smoothing it out.

Can I still hike near it?

Check the managing agency and inciweb.nwcg.gov for closures first — they close roads and trailheads well ahead of the fire. Then check the live AQI on the trail page itself; smoke is usually what decides the day, not flames.