Million Fire

State:Colorado

Date of Request: 7/19/02

Date of Event: May 21, 2002

Contact E-mail: stuart.simpson@co.usda.gov

Contact FAX #:    720-544-2965

Name of Event:  Million Fire

Type of Event: Wildfire

Location (County, Parish, Other) of Impairment:  

Cong Dist: 3 

• 9,346 Acres Burned
• 8,146 Acres- Public Land
• 1,200 Acres - Private Land
• 11 Homes burnt and 2 outbuildings

Est. of Damages:
$391,200

Number of Sites Investigated: 1

Number of DSR’s Prepared: 1

Type of Work Planned & No. of Each Type:

• Seeding - 500 Acres
• Mulching with Compost - 100 Acres
• Slope Protection - 20 Sites
• Weed Control - 6 Acres
• Irrigation Diversion - 1
• Structural Protection - 30
• Culvert Protection - 40
• Culvert Replacement - 15
• Hazard Tree Removal - 100
• Well Head Protection - 5
• Community Warning Signs - 10

Number of Sites to be Repaired 1/: 1

Total Construction Cost for all Sites: $ 280,000

Total Financial Assistance Needed:  $ 210,000

Total Technical Assistance Needed  $ 42,000

Number of Persons Impacted:  300 ( 4 subdivisions)

Number of Buildings Impacted: 100

Number of Utilities Needing Protection:  3 - phone, electric, and water (1 irrigation diversion

Number of Roads Needing Protection:  4 

REMARKS:
The potential exists for sediment and fire debris to damage; buildings on both sites, water quality in Horse Creek and Fourmile Creek, Denver Water and Gold Medal Fishery of the South Platte River, water supply at both sites, roads on the Fletcher Ranch (Highway 67 and county roads).