USFS Pike Nat'l Forest, South Platte Ranger District Pile Burning 2020 Season

Forest Service firefighters will continue to burn piles on the Clear Creek Ranger District of the Arapaho National Forest, focusing on the Evergreen area as soon as Monday, March 2 if conditions allow.

Pile burning may be conducted in the following location over the next week:

Echo Hills (1,300 hand piles) – 4 miles west of Evergreen, along Highway 103 near Echo Hills and Beaver Brook subdivisions.

Smoke may be visible from the Echo Hills, Beaver Brook and Evergreen areas.

Wind helps disperse smoke created during pile burning operations and snow helps keep the piles contained. Seeing flames and smoke, even after dark, is part of normal operations. This reduces fuels on the landscape under the safest conditions.

Conditions are evaluated each day to determine if ignition will take place. Ignitions are generally expected to begin after 10 a.m. and will cease several hours before sunset. Smoke may be visible. Precipitation, wind, temperature, fuel moisture, and staffing all play a part in when and whether ignition occurs. Firefighters monitor the area after burning is complete. Public and firefighter safety is always the number-one priority in burning operations.

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For a complete list of locations where pile burning will occur this season, as well as updated accomplishments and photos, visit our InciWeb page at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4648 .

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Forest Service prescribed fire managers are hoping to take advantage of conditions tomorrow to complete pile burning at Echo Hills ahead of Friday’s forecasted storm. Crews estimate that they have burned approximately 1,800 piles to date. The remaining piles were too buried in snow to light until this week.

Echo Hills (1,300 hand piles) – 4 miles west of Evergreen, along Highway 103 near Echo Hills and Beaver Brook subdivisions.

Smoke may be visible from the Echo Hills, Beaver Brook and Evergreen areas.

About Pile Burning
Wind helps disperse smoke created during pile burning operations and snow helps keep the piles contained. Seeing flames and smoke, even after dark, is part of normal operations. This reduces fuels on the landscape under the safest conditions. Conditions are evaluated each day to determine if ignition will take place. Ignitions are generally expected to begin after 10 a.m. and will cease several hours before sunset. Smoke may be visible. Precipitation, wind, temperature, fuel moisture, and staffing all play a part in when and whether ignition occurs. Firefighters monitor the area after burning is complete. Public and firefighter safety is always the number-one priority in burning operations. For a complete list of locations where pile burning will occur this season, as well as updated accomplishments and photos, visit our InciWeb page at inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/464

Good Morning,

The Platte Canyon Fire Department is planning to burn slash piles today, depending on ignitions. The slash piles are hand built from a fuels reduction project. The piles are located on the Deer Valley Park Association Property in Bailey near Rosalie Road.

Ignitions are planned to begin around 1000 hrs.

Smoke and/or flames may be visible throughout the day.