Turner Gulch Fire Colorado

09/26/2025

BLM reopens public lands near Gateway, Colorado. Find more details: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1M8LH6VutE/

Tomorrow, Bureau of Land Management - Colorado will reopen public lands in Mesa County after the Turner Gulch & Wright Draw wildfires prompted land closures.

The bureau issued the rescission because agency officials determined the area is safe and fire clean-up activities are complete.

Read the full announcement to learn more. ⬇️

https://www.blm.gov/announcement/blm-colorado-rescinds-public-land-closure-mesa-county

BLM Colorado Fire Mesa County News

Palisade Rock in Gateway, Colorado. Public lands in this area are managed by the BLM Colorado Grand Junction Field Office.

BLM📸 by Heather Marsh

09/11/2025

Tomorrow, Bureau of Land Management - Colorado will reopen some public lands in Mesa County after the Turner Gulch wildfire prompted land closures. Some areas remain closed to keep the public and firefighters safe while crews work to restore the damage from fire suppression efforts.

Read the full announcement ⬇️
https://www.blm.gov/announcement/blm-colorado-reopens-some-public-lands-closed-public-firefighter-safety

Find more details about emergency land closures and fire restrictions ⬇️
https://www.blm.gov/ucr-fire-restrictions

BLM Colorado Fire U.S. Forest Service-Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre & Gunnison National Forests Mesa County Sheriff's Office Mesa County News

09/11/2025

The GMUG is reducing the Turner Gulch Wildfire public closure area starting September 12 at 12:01 a.m. through December 1 at noon, unless rescinded.
See map and closure order for more details here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/gmug/alerts/turner-gulch-wildfire-area-closure-order-9-11-update

The GMUG is reducing the Turner Gulch Wildfire public closure area starting September 12 at 12:01 a.m. through December 1 at noon, unless rescinded.

See map and closure order for more details here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/gmug/alerts/turner-gulch-wildfire-area-closure-order-9-11-update

09/03/2025

Turner Gulch Fire is 100% contained

Thanks to the work the firefighters put in over the last few days the Turner Gulch Fire is now 100% contained and the majority of suppression repair work in the fire area has been completed.

On Wednesday September 3rd at 7:30am command of the Turner Gulch Fire transitioned from a Type 3 Organization to a local Type 4 organization in order to complete the remaining work.

The outgoing team would like to thank the BLM, US Forest Service and Mesa County for their support and continued efforts on the Turner Gulch Fire.

09/02/2025

Flight over Turner Gulch Fire Area

Yesterday with the TFR lifted a local pilot provided the Incident Management team a series of short video clips from his flight, flying from west to east, over of the Turner Gulch Fire on the morning of September 1, 2025.

Video Credit: Roger Irvin

09/01/2025

Work continues on the Turner Gulch Fire

After the fire suppression activities finish on a fire, the focus turns to repairing and reclaiming areas that have been impacted by the fire suppression activity. This includes rehabbing primary and contingency fire lines, removing flagging and signage from roads, repairing trails, and rehabbing areas where firefighters set up remote spike camps. It is important to return these areas back to their pre-incident state in order to help start the lands post incident healing process.

08/31/2025

08/29/2025

Starting Friday (8/29/2025), the closure area surrounding the Turner Gulch Fire has been reduced.

The Divide Road (402) will be open to the public as well as all FS to the east of Divide Road. Public will be allowed to park/camp on both sides of the Divide Road, but all other lands to the west of the Divide Rd will remain closed. The Uranium Road and all FS lands north of it will remain closed.

On the BLM, the Niche Rd will remain closed from Hwy 141 to the intersection with the Uranium Rd. The Uranium and Pine Hill/Nitch Roads remain closed because they incurred significant damage and because we still have crews and equipment working along them.

All roads in the interior of the closure remain closed.

08/29/2025

Here's the official information on the Forest Closure Change. Please drive safely.

The GMUG National Forests are reducing the Turner Gulch Wildfire public closure area starting August 29 at 11:59 a.m. through October 1st at noon, unless rescinded. See details here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/gmug/alerts/turner-gulch-wildfire-area-closure-order-8-29-update

Turner Gulch Fire Colorado

08/29/2025

Starting Friday, the closure area surrounding the Turner Gulch Fire will be reduced. The Divide Road will be open to the public as well as all FS to the east of the Divide Rd. Public will be allowed to park/camp on both sides of the Divide Road, but all other lands to the west of the Divide Rd will remain closed. The Uranium Road and all FS lands north of it will remain closed. On the BLM, the Niche Rd will remain closed from Hwy 141 to the intersection with the Uranium Rd. The Uranium and Pine Hill/ Nitch Roads remain closed because they incurred significant damage and we still have crews and equipment working along them.

08/26/2025

🔥Turner Gulch Fire Operations Update – August 26, 2025🔥

Operations Section Chief Philip Knaub with Northern Rockies Team Incident Management Team 3 gives today's Turner Gulch Fire operational briefing on current and planned firefighting efforts.

🎥 Watch the video for more details on how firefighters are working to contain the fire, conduct suppression repair, and keep the public safe.

⭐️The fire is currently under the command of Northern Rockies Team 3 under the leadership of Incident Commander Mike Behrens.

08/26/2025

August 26, 2025 FINAL Daily Update for Turner Gulch Fire

Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 3, Incident Commander – Mike Behrens
Size: 31,699 acres Containment: 96% Personnel: 256

Transfer of command from Mike Behren’s Northern Rockies Complex Incident Management Team #3 to a local Type 3 incident management team will occur at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, August 27. This is the last daily update to be published for the Turner Gulch Fire. Information will be posted to the Turner Gulch Fire Colorado page and Inciweb as needed. We thank the local communities for the support during this extended firefighting effort.

Operations: The masticator finished chipping fuels near the Calamity Mine yesterday and will be released. The excavator is continuing to repair and rehabilitate suppression lines on the southeast lobe of the fire. Backhaul of resources is ongoing, and crews are still patrolling and ensuring control lines are secure.

Members of the incoming team shadowed the outgoing team to become familiar with current operations on the fire. Right-sizing of resources continues as assets are released or reassigned to other incidents.

Resources: 3 crews, 4 engines, 1 excavator

Fire Weather & Behavior: Thanks to cooler temperatures and persistent cloud cover, the Turner Gulch Fire remained largely inactive again yesterday. Higher chances of showers and thunderstorms is expected to be present for most of the week with storms bringing more rainfall to the incident.
Mesa County has issued a flood watch for today. There are the possibilities of debris flows or soil movement from the burned landscape on the Turner Gulch Fire.

Smoke & Air Quality: The Turner Gulch Fire is producing little to no smoke. The area may be impacted by smoke produced by local burning activities. Air quality conditions can be monitored at AirNow.gov.

Evacuations: There are currently no evacuations for this incident.
Closures & Fire Restrictions: Closures remain in effect for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests.