Snaking Fire

State: Colorado

Date of Request:  7/19/02

Date of Event:  June 2, 2002

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

Contact FAX #: 720-544-2965

Name of Event:  Snaking Fire

Type of Event: Wildfire

Location (County, Parish, Other) of Impairment:  

Cong Dist: 5 

• 2,590 acres burned;
• 1,776 acres Public
• 814 Acres-Private

Est. of Damages: $ 37,000

Number of Sites Investigated: 1

Number of DSR’s Prepared: 1

Type of Work Planned & No. of Each Type:

• Reseeding - 80 Acres
• Straw Wattles - 30 Acres
• Straw Mulching - 10 Acres
• Contour Tree Felling/Placement - 10 Acres
• Weed Control - 40 Acres

Number of Sites to be Repaired 1/: 1

Total Construction Cost for all Sites: 
$ 32,800

Total Financial Assistance Needed: $ 24,600

Total Technical Assistance Needed
$ 7,000

Number of Persons Impacted:  1,000,000 + (domestic Water from North Fork South Platte River for Bailey and Denver)

Number of Buildings Impacted:
 2 Homes

Number of Utilities Needing Protection:
2 - Domestic Water Diversions

Number of Roads Needing Protection: Estimated 8 miles (Hwy. 285 plus county roads)
Stream Channels - 22 miles

REMARKS:
The potential exists for sediment and fire debris to drainage water supplies for domestic and irrigation systems of 2,000 acres.
Fremont County Commissioners have agreed to cover the 25% sponsor's share with $41,600.