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Wildfire in Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft, Colorado

Wildfire July 6, 2005 – July 16, 2005 · Wet Mountains Between 8500 and 10000 Ft, Colorado

$5.3M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Intense wildfire (Mason Gulch) burned almost 12,000 acres of land in eastern Custer County and western Pueblo County between Wetmore and Beulah. The fire was started by lightning on the evening of July 6th approximately 2 miles south of Wetmore and made a run towards Beulah on July 10th. The wildfire was contained by 8 PM on July 16th. During the height of the fire...the community of Beulah was evacuated while the towns of San Isabel...Colorado City and Rye were put on standby evacuation orders. The total cost to battle the fire was approximately 5.3 million dollars.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5467916. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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