New Colorado wildfire sparks evacuations south of Steamboat Springs

A new wildfire sparked Sunday in northern Colorado’s mountains, forcing evacuations near Stagecoach State Park in Routt County, according to county officials.

The Green Ridge fire was discovered Sunday near the Stagecoach Reservoir, according to Routt County officials. That’s roughly 17 miles south of Steamboat Springs.

As of Sunday afternoon, mandatory evacuations had been ordered for an area bordered to the west by Stagecoach Reservoir, to the south by Woodchuck Hill, to the east by Service Creek and to the north by Blacktail Mountain, according to the Routt County evacuation map.

Pre-evacuations were also in place at that time for an area west of the mandatory evacuation zone. That area was bordered to the north by Stagecoach Reservoir, to the west by Routt County Road 16 and to the south by Routt County Road 212 and Cheyenne Trail.

The wildfire was last mapped at 7 acres with no containment, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Information on the cause of the fire was not immediately available.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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