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 Plumtaw Fire Objectives: 

Plumtaw Fire Objectives: 

Plumtaw Fire Objectives: 1) To utilize risk management to reduce risks to the public and to firefighters. 2) To protect the Lost Valley of the San Juans subdivision and critical infrastructure, including the Fourmile Creek watershed, water intake, private lands, and additional infrastructure.

The Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 2 (Team 2) arrived in Pagosa Springs yesterday and is now managing the Plumtaw Fire. Fire management objectives are: 1) to utilize risk management to reduce risks to the public and to firefighters, and 2) to protect the Lost Valley of the San Juans subdivision and critical infrastructure, including the Fourmile Creek watershed, water intake, private lands, and additional infrastructure. Red Flag warnings continue today and near critical fire weather is expected.

 PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo., 19 May, 2022—The Plumtaw Fire is burning 7 miles north of Pagosa Springs. An evacuation notice is still in place for the Lost Valley of the San Juans, located in northern Archuleta and southern Mineral Counties, CO. No further evacuations or pre-evacuations have been ordered. For evacuation information, contact the Archuleta County Emergency Operations Call Center at 970-422-7084. The fire area is closed to the public, per closure order SJN-2022-07.

 PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo., 18 May, 2022—The Plumtaw Fire is burning 7 miles north of Pagosa Springs, 2 miles west of the intersections of Plumtaw and Fourmile Roads. An evacuation notice has been issued for the Lost Valley of the San Juans, located in Mineral County, CO. No further evacuations or pre-evacuations have been ordered at this time. For evacuation information, contact the Archuleta County Emergency Operations Call Center at 970-422-7084.