Big Elk Fire - Emergency Watershed Protection Program/EWP Report

NRCS ELECTRONIC DISASTER REPORT

STATE NAME : Colorado (CO020722)

DATE OF THIS REPORT: July 22, 2002

CONTACT NAME: Stuart N. Simpson PHONE #: 720-544-2804

DISASTER NAME: NAME: BIG ELK FIRE 

DISASTER DATE: DATE: July 17, 2002

INITIAL REPORT X 

DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS:  4,100 acres of timber, brush, and grass have burned. 1 outbuilding is also burned in Roosevelt National Forest. 9 miles SE of Estes Park, Colorado. 650 Homes threatened.

EWP ACTIONS TO DATE:  Contact with the District Conservationist at Fort Collins to determine if private land involved. Reviewed EWP needs.

HUMAN INTEREST EXAMPLES:  Slurry bomber crashed - crew killed. Evacuations of homes along Highway 36 and Big Elk Meadows Subdivision. 

URGENT PROBLEMS AND/OR NEEDS: (additional comments)  Wind, humidity, very rocky terrain.

LIMITED RESOURCE COMMUNITIES AFFECTED:  None

PROJECTS (such as PL-566, RC&D) THAT HAVE HELPED TO LIMIT DAMAGES:  None