Hayman Fire
Started June 8, 2002
This page is no longer being updated. I have left all of the original content for the hundreds of visitors that stopped by during the incident. The Cabin did survive and the fire approached within 1.5 miles. We are now left with years of restroration to this beautiful environment.
The Hayman Fire started two miles from our Cabin in the Tarryall Mountains of Colorado. It was started by an illegal campfire since all campfires have been banned for several months due to drought conditions. I saw it's first burst of smoke from the Cabin porch and immediately drove the 1.5 miles South on County Road 77. We arrived on the scene as the first "fire truck" arrived. Within two hours we were ordered to evacuate. During that two hours these are some of the picture I shot mostly looking South.
Saturday night it was reported as a 40 acre fire, Sunday Morning a 1,500 acres, Sunday night 30,000 Monday night 76,000 acres and Tuesday night at 85,000 acres. It is the largest fire in Colorado history.
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Latest Information
Updated July 8, 2002 6:00 PM MDT
Location: North of Lake George, Colorado (within Park, Jefferson, Douglas and Teller Counties).
Lat: 39° 2' 59" Long: 105° 25' 45"
Date of Origin: 6/8/02, reported at 4 PM MDT Size: 137,760 acres
Cause: Illegal Campfire Arrest has been made. U.S. Attorney is handling.
Contained: 100% Containment Date: 7/2/2002, 1800 Structures Threatened: Residences: 50 Structures Lost: Residences: 133 Commercial: 1 Outbuildings: 466 Resources
Threatened: Communities, subdivisions, and isolated homes. Gas transmission lines, electrical facilities and lines, timber, major watershed for Denver County and recreation areas.
Personnel Assigned: 427 personnel
Equipment Assigned:
Crews: 10
Helicopters: 4
Engines: 5
Dozers: 3
Cost to Date: $33,249,371
Fire Behavior: : Fire activity remains calm. Few hotspots remain. Afternoon thundercells produce strong, variable winds. Fire Weather: TUESDAY Wind Speed: 8-15mph Wind Direction: S-SE Temperature: 79-89° Relative Humidity: 12-22%
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USFS Photo Gallery for Hayman Fire
| Looking Southeast you can see Bill Brown's cabin, the lead plane and the slurry plane within an hour of the start | Our friend's son's and one of the Dad's watch as a slurry bomber makes it's approach | A close up of one of the slurry bombers as it flew directly overhead |
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| Black smoke was followed by white smoke and the cycle continued | Two slurry bombers getting setup to drop their loads | More of the same, close smoke and fire |
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| Time to leave as the sun sets and the fire burns (The Evacuation order helped too) | Trying to leave South on County Road 77. The fire started about 400 yards into the center of the smoke. | A close up of where it started. The fire is now East and has jumped the road and the Tarryall River |
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| Looking East this is where the Tarryall River turns East leaving the road to join the South Platte River | The day after, Sunday looking West from near my house in Monument Colorado | Smoke choked Denver on Sunday and Monday reaching as far as Wyoming |
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