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UPDATED: New wildfire pops up west of Steamboat; crews investigate smoke reports south of Stagecoach
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2 new wildfires pop up west of Steamboat, south of Stagecoach
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Tubers head down the Yampa River early this month, but rising water temperatures may make sights like this rare as the summer progresses. If water temperatures exceed 75 degrees for two days in a row, commercial tubing operations will be shut down, and a voluntary closure would ask all river users to stay out of the water.
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According to this week’s Drought Monitor part of the National Centers for Environmental Information’s climate data Moffat County’s drought situation continues to be considered in the worst category of states across the nation.
In the report, Moffat County and other parts of Northwest Colorado are listed as D4, or “exceptional drought.” To be considered D4, an area’s dust storms and topsoil removal are widespread and agricultural and recreational economic losses are large.
The Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest reduced the closure from the Muddy Slide Fire on Wednesday, opening up several trails and roads to the east of Routt County Road 16.
The forest closure around the Muddy Slide Fire was reduced Wednesday, opening up parts of the Routt National Forest east of Routt County Road 16 that had previously been closed because of the fire.
Lynx Pass Campground, the Morrison-Divide Trail and several U.S. Forest Service roads remain closed, but others like the Rock Creek mountain bike trail, Silver Creek Trail and the Lagunita Lake parking area are now back open.
The closure comes as the Muddy Slide Fire is now 70% contained and has not increased in size since mapping at the end of June put the fire at 4,093 acres.
Hot temps precede monsoonal moisture for Yampa Valley
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