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 The Spruce Creek Fire, which burnt 5,699 acres of land in the San Juan National Forest | |
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The 2024 Colorado wildfire season is an ongoing series of wildfires that have been burning throughout the U.S. state of Colorado.
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.
| Name | County | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes | Ref |
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| Range 153 | El Paso | 1,816 | February 25 | March 5 | [1] | |
| Range 135 | El Paso | 7,744 | February 29 | March 5 | [2] | |
| Boggsville | Bent | 1,062 | March 2 | March 18 | [3] | |
| Range 127 | El Paso | 1,132 | April 15 | May 13 | [4] | |
| Spruce Creek | Montezuma | 5,699 | May 14 | May 31 | [5] | |
| Rabbit Valley | Mesa | 1,505 | May 17 | June 20 | ||
| Oak Ridge | Pueblo, Custer | 1,310 | June 22 | August 1 | ||
| 104 | Weld | 1,782 | July 28 | July 31 | [6] | |
| Alexander Mountain | Larimer | 9,668 | July 29 | August 17 | [7] [8] [9] | |
| Stone Canyon | Boulder | 1,557 | July 30 | August 4 | [10] | |
| Bucktail | Montrose | 7,078 | August 1 | August 21 | [11] | |
| Big Gulch | Moffat | 1,164 | August 7 | August 9 | [12] | |
| Wildhorse 5 | Weld | 1,204 | September 29 | October 2 |
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