News Release: Stoner Mesa Fire Update Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Stoner Mesa Fire UpdateWednesday, September 3, 2025 Email: 2025.stonermesa@firenet.gov | Phone: 970.341.8668Acres: 10,249 | Containment: 47% | Reported: 07/28/25 | Cause: Lightning | Personnel: 223 Note: Bow hunting season has started. Hunters be aware that portions of Game Unit 71 are closed due to fire,including Stoner and Taylor Mesas. Please watch for fire vehicles on […]

News Release: Fire Update – Stoner Mesa Fire Monday, August 25, 2025 – 8:00 a.m.

Fire Update – Stoner Mesa FireMonday, August 25, 2025 – 8:00 a.m. Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1Justin Conrad, Incident Commander Information Phone: 970-341-8668Email: 2025.stonermesa@firenet.govInformation Staffing Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Special Note: Yesterday there was a drone intrusion near the fire area. While fire activity has diminished, the area near the fire […]

News Release: Fire Update – Stoner Mesa Fire

Fire Update – Stoner Mesa FireThursday, August 14, 2025 – 8:00 a.m. Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1Justin Conrad, Incident Commander Information Phone: 970-341-8668 (new number)Email: 2025.stonermesa@firenet.govInformation Staffing Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.   Special Note: The Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1 (CIMT1) assumed management of the Stoner Mesa Fire last […]

News Release: BLM Tres Rios Field Office implements Stage 2 fire restrictions

Red Flag Warning

BLM CO TRFO Stage 2 Fire Restrictions area map News ReleaseBLM Colorado, Southwest District, Tres Rios Field OfficeMedia Contact: Dolores Public Lands Information Center, 970-882-7296 August 7, 2025   BLM Tres Rios Field Office implements Stage 2 fire restrictions   Dolores, Colo. – Stage 2 fire restrictions begin Friday, August 8, 2025 for all public […]

Information: STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS

Red Flag Warning

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

Red Flag Warning

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 […]

Resolution No.18-2023 SUSPENSION OF BAN ON OPEN FIRES AND USE OF FIREWORKS

Fire Ban is no Longer in Effect Fire ban lifted

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 […]