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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Public Information Officer: Glen Sachet, 970-823-4060
Bucktail Fire Update –  August 3, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
Nucla, Colorado,
Start Date: August 1, 2024
Cause: Unknown
Size: 3,155 acres
Percent Contained: 5 %
Resources Assigned: 144 personnel
Crews (3); Engines (3); Dozers (3); Air Resources (3); Heavy Equipment (4)

Yesterday: Firefighters focused their efforts along the western portion of the fire, using a dozer
to improve a road to strengthen it as a primary fire line and strengthen the heel of the fire. The
fire continued growth primarily to the North and East on National Forest.
Today: Resources are continuing to identify opportunities to secure indirect control lines along
25 Mesa Road to prevent fire spread to the north and east. Temperatures are forecasted to be hot,
however monsoon moisture are predicted to keep relative humidities between 15-20%. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms will stay mainly over higher terrain north of the fire.
Evacuations: None.
Closures: Road closures are in place within the area of the fire. County Road 25 Mesa is now
closed due to emergency operations on the Bucktail Fire. The closure extends from the 25
Mesa/Divide Road intersection to where the pavement starts on 25 Mesa outside of Nucla.
Houser Cow Camp Road is closed, down to Old Highway 90
(https://www.facebook.com/MontroseCountySO). A Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is in
place over the fire area. Wildfires are a No Drone Zone. If You Fly We Can’t Fly
https://knowbeforeyoufly.org/home
Smoke Information: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) has
issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke for Montrose County. Visit
https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colo_advisory.aspx for details. More local air quality
information can be found at https://wasmoke.blogspot.com/.

For additional information:
InciWeb: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/coupd-bucktail-fire
Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control: https://dfpc.colorado.gov
Bureau of Land Management Southwest Colorado District, Uncompahgre Field
Office: https://www.facebook.com/BLMMontroseFireUnit
West Slope Fire Information website: www.WestSlopeFireInfo.com
GMUG Fire Information https://www.facebook.com/GMUGFireInfo
Road Closures Montrose County: https://www.facebook.com/MontroseCountySO
Bucktail Fire Information Hotline: (970) 823-4060