2026 Ouray County, Colorado Wildfires

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1 Active Fires
36,157 Acres Burning Slightly smaller than Washington D.C.
1 2026 Season Fires ▲ +1 vs same period last year
36,157 2026 Season Acres ▲ +36,157 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Ouray County

Jun 27 Started 39,747 acres About the size of Washington D.C. 32.9x the size of Lincoln Park Gold Mountain Fire

Largest wildfires in Ouray County this season

39,747 Acres About the size of Washington D.C. 32.9x the size of Lincoln Park Gold Mountain Fire Ouray

All 2026 Ouray County Fires · 1 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Ouray County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Ouray County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Ouray County is listed too, at its Ouray County acres, and is not added to the Ouray County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Ouray County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Gold Mountain Fire Jun 27, 2026 92% Active 36,157 of 39,747 38.1247, -107.6216 38.0329, -107.6640
Totals 2026 Season Fires 1 Active Fires 1 Acres Burning 36,157 2026 Season Acres 36,157

Land cover · Ouray County 2026

Burned acres in Ouray County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Ouray County % of burned % of Ouray County
Forest 28,902 79.9% 62.6%
Range (shrubland) 5,345 14.8% 16.9%
Grassland 1,127 3.1% 9.5%
Other 787 2.2% 11.0%
Measured acres in Ouray County 36,161 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Ouray County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Gold Mountain Fire 39,747 36,161 (of 39,755) 28,902 5,345 1,127 787 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 1 39,747
Offered to measurement 1 39,747
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 1 39,747
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Ouray County 0 0
Measured acres in Ouray County 1 36,161
Measured acres outside Ouray County — 3,594
Whole perimeter acres — 39,755
Reported minus measured — -8
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Ouray County 2026

Burned forest acres in Ouray County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Ouray County % of burned forest % of Ouray County's forestland
Public 25,688 88.9% 47.5%
Federal 25,688 88.9% 46.1%
State 0 0.0% 1.5%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 2,786 9.6% 52.5%
Family 1,388 4.8% 32.5%
Corporate 1,397 4.8% 20.0%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 428 1.5% —
Burned forest in Ouray County 28,902 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Ouray County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Gold Mountain Fire 28,902 25,688 0 0 0 2,786 428

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 129,956 28,902
Land cover Forest cells 129,956 28,902
Equal 129,956

Search Fires

🔥 Gold Mountain Fire Active 2026
Started: Jun 27 39,747 acre 92% contained
Near Ouray · Ouray County, Colorado