Started on Aug 6, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Quick facts
- Location
- 1 miles east of Battlement Mesa, CO
- Cause
- Human
- People working on it
- 11 people
- Complexity
- Type 5 IncidentOfficial scale from 5 to 1: a Type 1 is the most complex in the country.
- What's burning
- Brush (2 feet)
- How it's behaving
- MinimalSmoldering — Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.Creeping — Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
- Jurisdiction
- Private land
Glossary: what each term means
Barely moving. Low, thin smoke.
Burning without flame, in the ground or in roots. Can flare up days later.
Moves slowly, hugging the ground.
Spreads with low, steady flames.
Spreading evenly and steadily, with visible flame.
Fast and unpredictable.
Runs along the ground much faster than a person walks.
Grows along the sides, not head-on.
Moves against the wind or downhill, which makes it slower.
Climbs into the treetops and jumps crown to crown. It can't be attacked from the ground.
Climbs into the crowns in bursts and drops back down.
Whole trees flaring up like torches.
Single scattered trees flaring up whole, like torches.
Whole clumps of trees flaring at once.
Wind carries embers through the air and starts new fires ahead of the front: that is how a fire jumps a road or a firebreak.
The wind pushes it in long runs in one direction.
The ones marked ● are the behaviors that make a fire harder to stop. They are not a warning or an instruction: they are the description written by the agency in charge. For decisions, always follow your emergency services.
Burning near the Garfield County community of Parachute, Colorado, the human-caused 310 Fire has burned 603 acres of private brush standing two feet tall since it started on August 6, 2026. Situated one mile east of Battlement Mesa, the incident has maintained an average daily growth of approximately 40 acres per day over its 15 days of burning. Fire behavior is currently characterized as minimal, smoldering, and creeping.
Full containment has been achieved at 100 percent for the 310 Fire. Operations have been managed by a Type 5 Incident Command under a Type 5 Incident classification, supported by a personnel roster of 11 individuals. Total costs to manage the incident have reached $2,848,745.
This activity unfolds within a wider national landscape during the typical June to October fire season. Across the country, a cumulative 2,955,961 hectares have burned so far in 2026, tracking 46 percent below the two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Colorado for 28 days. In total it burned about 603 acres — around 2.4 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,266,178 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 40% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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