Current Fire Restrictions

• Colorado River Valley Field Office

This field office is not in fire restrictions. Stage 1 fire restrictions were rescinded effective 12:01 a.m. Aug. 23, 2024.

• Grand Junction Field Office

This field office is not in fire restrictions. Stage 1 fire restrictions were rescinded effective 12:01 a.m. Aug. 23, 2024.

District specific fire restrictions

(All fire restrictions are current unless the rescission order is posted. Please contact the field office for additional information.)

Stage 1 Fire Restrictions:

• Campfires are only allowed within designated fire grates in developed campgrounds (i.e. a metal, in-ground containment structure -- fire pans and rock campfire rings are not acceptable)
• No fires of any type including charcoal outside of developed areas
• No smoking except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site or in a barren area free of vegetation
• No use of explosive materials, including explosive targets
• No welding or operation of an acetylene or other similar torch with open flame except from an area that has been cleared of vegetation
• No operation of any internal combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed and in working order

Activities prohibited under Stage 2 Fire Restrictions:

• Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire, charcoal grill, coal, wood burning stove or sheepherders stove, including in developed camping and picnic grounds. Devices using pressurized liquid or gas are exempted.
• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, trailer, building or tent.
• Using an explosive requiring fuse or blasting caps, fireworks, rockets, exploding targets and tracers or incendiary ammunition.
• Operating or using any internal combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order meeting either:
  • (a) Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Standard 5100-1a; or
  • (b) Appropriate Society of automotive Engineers (SAE) recommended practice J335(b) and J350(a). 36 CFR 261.52(j)
• Operating a chainsaw without an approved spark arrestor, and without a chemical pressurized fire extinguisher and a round-point shovel with an overall length of at least 35 inches. The extinguisher will be with the equipment operator.  The shovel may be kept with fueling supplies but readily available for use.
• Welding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame (except with a current permit, contract or letter of authorization).