At least 23 homes destroyed in Calwood Fire northwest of Boulder, CO

Over 8,700 acres have burned

Updated October 19, 2020   |   11:03 a.m. MDT

Calwood Fire homes burned
Many of the homes that were destroyed or damaged in the Calwood Fire on October 17 are in this Google Earth photo, looking north. The red line was the perimeter of the fire on October 18 at 9:35 p.m.

Of the 20+ homes that were damaged or destroyed in the Calwood Fire on October 17, most of them are in this Google Earth image. Mountain Ridge Road is called Mountain Ridge Drive by Boulder County OEM.


October 19, 2020   |   9:17 a.m. MDT

Homes destroyed in the Calwood Fire
Homes destroyed in the Calwood Fire Oct. 17, 2020. Photo by CBS 4.
Mountain Ridge Rd
File photo of the Mountain Ridge Road area. Google Earth. (Boulder County OEM calls it Mountain Ridge Dr.)

Officials in Boulder County, Colorado have documented 23 homes that were destroyed October 17 in the Calwood Fire. The process is ongoing and more buildings may be added as the surveys continue. The fire has burned 8,788 acres. Officials made attempts to notify all of the property owners but unfortunately were not able to reach everyone, so they made the list available in order to facilitate reaching all impacted residents and owners.

Evacuations are in effect for about 1,600 homes.

The weather on Sunday was cool and wet, resulting in very little additional movement of the fire. A few hundredths of an inch of rain gave firefighters a chance to begin the process of working the fire edge to stop the spread. The forecast indicates the respite is ending with the humidity dropping to 25 percent Monday and winds out of the west at 9 mph gusting to 16 under partly cloudy skies. Monday night the west winds will increase to 20 mph with gusts above 30 mph. These conditions could make it more difficult to contain the east side of the fire.

Below is an updated map of the Calwood Fire. Most of the growth over the last 24 hours, a small amount, was on the west side.

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Author: Bill Gabbert

After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.

2 thoughts on “At least 23 homes destroyed in Calwood Fire northwest of Boulder, CO”

  1. FYI all of the homes that burned were in Firewise communities. But from the looks of those photos, they had not done any mitigation around the houses.

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