Pike & San Isabel National Forests
Cimarron & Comanche National Grasslands

USDA Forest Service
Pike & San Isabel
National Forests
Cimarron & Comanche
National Grasslands
2840 Kachina Drive
Pueblo, CO 81008
719-553-1400

Telephone for the
Hearing Impaired
719-553-1404

South Platte Ranger District

High Meadows Fire

The Hi Meadow Fire burned nearly 11,000 acres in June 2000. The fire destroyed 58 structures including 51 homes. The suppression cost was nearly $5.5 million; rehabilitation cost nearly $2.5 million; and property loss, estimated at $5 to $10 million.

No campgrounds or other facilities were destroyed in the fire however, the Strawberry Jack, Miller Gulch and Buck Gulch trails were temporarily closed during rehab.  All have now re-opened should you like to hike or bicycle through the burn area.

Photo Gallery

First day smoke.	Raging onward.
Slurry bomber.	Aftermath.
Results of the fire in a non-thinned forest area.	Results of fire in an area which had been thinned by a controlled burn

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For more information on how you can prevent wildfires and prepare yourself for an emergency, click on Smokey.