The Gold Mountain fire began in Ouray, Colorado on June 27, 2026, and has burned 36,788 acres with 12 percent containment as of the last report. Homes in the affected area face direct fire damage from the active, largely uncontained blaze.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 36,788 acres
- Containment
- 12%
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 36,788 acres +1,166 12% contained
- 35,622 acres +774 13% contained
- 34,848 acres +1,602 6% contained
- 33,246 acres +1,104 7% contained
- 32,142 acres +679 8% contained
- 31,463 acres +43 8% contained
- 31,420 acres 7% contained
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Forecast discussion NWS GJT
Area Forecast Discussion
Near-record heat and triple-digit temperatures continue through Wednesday, with afternoon thunderstorms increasing and flash flooding becoming more likely by mid to late week.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 1103 PM MDT Mon Jul 13 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Near-record heat continues Tuesday for western Colorado and eastern Utah.
- Daytime highs for the lower elevations will remain in the triple digits through at least Wednesday.
- Terrain based showers and thunderstorms increase in coverage each afternoon, with a threat for flash flooding becoming more likely by mid to late week.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 1103 PM MDT Mon Jul 13 2026
Some decent precipitation fell today over the southern half of the area with QPF reports around 0.3 to 0.8 inches at some sensors across southeast Utah and southwest Colorado with some of the storms today, with some locally higher amounts in some areas. The high pressure center remains over Wyoming with our CWA in the easterly flow on the southern side of the circulation. This will continue to allow our moisture to increase and eventually spread further north and east as the high shifts a bit eastward by late this week. At this time, the axis of strongest moisture advection remains across Arizona into Nevada and western Utah. This axis trickles into the…
- News Denver7
Gold Mountain Fire: Strategic firing operations help firefighters get hold of parts of Ouray County fire
- News Outside Magazine
I Am Watching a Massive Wildfire Burn the Colorado Mountains from My Back Deck
- News KKCO 11 News
Gold Mountain Fire burning near Ouray triggers more evacuations due to “life-threatening situation”
Show 4 earlier updates
- Colorado Public Radio News
Gold Mountain fire: Blaze eats into Uncompahgre Wilderness area north of Ouray
- FEMA Federal declaration
Fire Management Assistance declaration: WILLOW FIRE (Colorado)
- 9News News
- FEMA Federal declaration
Fire Management Assistance declaration: GOLD MOUNTAIN FIRE (Colorado)
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