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Little Mesa Fire

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Unit Information

Uncompahgre Field Office 
Colorado 
Montrose, 
Colorado 
81401 
Uncompahgre Field Office 
Colorado 
Montrose, 
Colorado 
81401 

Incident Contacts

  • Little Mesa Information
    Email:
    2023.littlemesa@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    970-787-2993
    Hours:
    8 am - 5 pm

Photographs Gallery

Rain showers on the southern end of Little Mesa Fire
Image of rain showers over the Little Mesa Fire area with pinyon pine and juniper trees.
Image of rain showers over the Little Mesa Fire area with pinyon pine and juniper trees.
Rain showers on the southern end of Little Mesa Fire
Little Mesa Fire burning vegetation on the forest floor during sunset
Image of Little Mesa fire burning vegetation on the forest floor during sunset.
Image of Little Mesa fire burning vegetation on the forest floor during sunset.
Little Mesa Fire burning vegetation on the forest floor during sunset

Little Mesa fire burning at a low intensity during sunset. 

 

Little Mesa Fire Hand Ignitions August 12, 2023
This is a photo of fire crews conducting hand ignitions to strengthen the fire line east of Dry Mesa Rd August 12th, 2023
This is a photo of fire crews conducting hand ignitions to strengthen the fire line east of Dry Mesa Rd August 12th, 2023
Little Mesa Fire Hand Ignitions August 12, 2023

Fire crews conducting hand ignitions on the Little Mesa Fire.  

Photo Credit: Phil Quigley, Skyway WFM

Little Mesa Fire Aug 11, 2023
The image shows a landscape with hilly terrain covered with juniper trees in the foreground and dense smoke with bits of flame in the background.
The image shows a landscape with hilly terrain covered with juniper trees in the foreground and dense smoke with bits of flame in the background.
Little Mesa Fire Aug 11, 2023

Little Mesa Fire activity Aug 11, 2023

 

Photo Credit: Ian Muirhead, NPS

Little Mesa Fire footage from DFPC Multi-Mission Aircraft, Aug 10, 2023
Aerial photo of the Little Mesa Fire overlaid with red polygon fire boundary
Aerial photo of the Little Mesa Fire overlaid with red polygon fire boundary
Little Mesa Fire footage from DFPC Multi-Mission Aircraft, Aug 10, 2023

Aerial photo of the Little Mesa Fire taken from the northwest looking southeast, with the fire area polygon overlaid

Unaweep fire module launches unmanned aircraft system on Little Mesa Fire
A firefighter wearing green pants, a red shirt, and a while helmet, with a radio clipped to his belt launches an unmanned aircraft system from a dirt road beside sage and juniper vegetation, with Grand Mesa in the background
A firefighter wearing green pants, a red shirt, and a while helmet, with a radio clipped to his belt launches an unmanned aircraft system from a dirt road beside sage and juniper vegetation, with Grand Mesa in the background
Unaweep fire module launches unmanned aircraft system on Little Mesa Fire

Unaweep fire module launches UAS on Little Mesa Fire, August 12, 2023

 

Photo credit: Chad Hyatt

Smoke from Little Mesa Fire
This is a photo showing smoke from the Little Mesa Fire with a silhouette of Grand Mesa in the background.
This is a photo showing smoke from the Little Mesa Fire with a silhouette of Grand Mesa in the background.
Smoke from Little Mesa Fire

Smoke from Little Mesa Fire with Grand Mesa silhouette in background. 

Little Mesa Fire August 7, 2023
Image of white smoke coming off the Little Mesa Fire in pinyon pine and juniper trees.
Image of white smoke coming off the Little Mesa Fire in pinyon pine and juniper trees.
Little Mesa Fire August 7, 2023

Smoke coming off the Little Mesa fire on August 7, 2023

Active Fire; Little Mesa Fire August 7, 2023
This is a photo of active fire, with juniper-pinyon and sagebrush vegetation in the foreground, taken on the Little Mesa fire on August 7th 2023.
This is a photo of active fire, with juniper-pinyon and sagebrush vegetation in the foreground, taken on the Little Mesa fire on August 7th 2023.
Active Fire; Little Mesa Fire August 7, 2023

Active fire with juniper-pinyon and sagebrush vegetation in the foreground.

Little Mesa Fire infrared from DFPC Multi-Mission Aircraft, Aug 10, 2023
Infrared picture of the Little Mesa Fire showing white hot spots on a black background
Infrared picture of the Little Mesa Fire showing white hot spots on a black background
Little Mesa Fire infrared from DFPC Multi-Mission Aircraft, Aug 10, 2023

Aerial infrared photo of the Little Mesa Fire taken from the northwest looking southeast, taken by the DFPC Multi-Mission Aircraft

Little Mesa Fire Smoke and Scorched Trees
This is a photo of an unpaved roadway bound by scorched trees and smoke on the Little Mesa Fire taken on August 7th, 2023
This is a photo of an unpaved roadway bound by scorched trees and smoke on the Little Mesa Fire taken on August 7th, 2023
Little Mesa Fire Smoke and Scorched Trees

Scorched trees and smoke on the Little Mesa Fire 8/7/2023

Juniper tree torching on Little Mesa Fire
Image of the Little Mesa fire with juniper tree torching. Flames, sagebrush, and juniper trees.
Image of the Little Mesa fire with juniper tree torching. Flames, sagebrush, and juniper trees.
Juniper tree torching on Little Mesa Fire
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