Information: STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS
STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITIONS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire. 36 CFR 261.52 (a). This includes charcoal grills and barbecues, coal and wood burning stoves, and sheepherder’s stoves, and includes use in developed camping and picnic grounds. EXCEPT: Devices using pressurized liquid or gas (stoves, grills, or lanterns) that […]
Information: STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS
STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITIONS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire. 36 CFR 261.52(a). This includes charcoal grills. EXCEPT: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates within developed recreation sites and the use of portable stoves, lanterns using gas, jellied petroleum, pressurized […]
Fire Restriction Status
Unincorporated Montezuma County- fire ban in effect July 2, 2025 Montezuma County Burn Ban Simplified Unincorporated Dolores County – Stage 2 restrictions effective August 1, 2025.Stage 2 Fire Restrictions Town of Dolores- ban on all open flames, effective June 23, 2025 Town of Dolores Signed fire ban 2025 Dolores Ordinance 536 Open Fires Town […]
Notice: Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Ute Mountain Ute Indian Reservation Effective: 5-2-25 (Until rescinded or superseded)
Notice: Stage 1 Fire RestrictionsUte Mountain Ute Indian ReservationEffective: 5-2-25 (Until rescinded or superseded) Stage 1 – FIRE RESTRICTIONS AREAS FOLLOWS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, coal, or wood burning stove, any type of charcoal fueled broiler or open fire of any type in undeveloped areas. Smoking, except within an enclosed […]
Resolution No.18-2023 SUSPENSION OF BAN ON OPEN FIRES AND USE OF FIREWORKS
Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 18-2023 SUSPENSION OF BAN ON OPEN FIRES AND USE OF FIREWORKS WHEREAS, Montezuma County Ordinance No. 2-2015 prohibits open fires and the useof fireworks in unincorporated areas of Montezuma County, except the Montezuma County Boardof County Commissioners, based upon competent evidence may by resolution suspend said banfrom time to time to the […]
Montezuma County Penalties for Fire Violations
Public Information on possible Penalties for Fire Violations Montezuma County Burn Ban Ordinance 2-2015 Resolution 7-2020 Class 2 Petty Offense, up to $1,000.00 plus $10.00 surcharge C.R.S. 42-4-1406 Expel Lighted Cigarette or Burning Material from a Vehicle Class 2 Misdemeanor, 3 months jail/$250 fine to 12 months jail/$1,000.00 fine C.R.S. 18-13-109 Setting Fire to Woods […]
Ordinance No. 2-2015 Amended Fire Ban
ORDINANCE NO. 2-2015AMENDED FIRE BAN PURSUANT TOC.R.S.§30-15-40l(l)(n.5) AND (n.7) WHEREAS, the Montezuma County Board of Commissioners previously adopted Ordinance Nos. 1-2008 and 2-2014 regarding a fire ban, and found based upon competent evidence that the danger of forest and grass fires is high throughout the unincorporated areas of Montezuma County; and WHEREAS, the Montezuma County […]