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Unofficial aggregator. Community Watcher pulls public data (NWS, NIFC) to keep neighbors informed. It is not an official emergency source and does not issue evacuation orders. Always follow official guidance: Custer County Sheriff, Custer County reverse-911 / CodeRED (enroll!), and InciWeb. If you are told to evacuate by officials, go — do not wait on this page.
Community Watcher does not issue evacuation orders. Status labels are copied from the Sheriff-linked ArcGIS layer. Always verify with the official map, Sheriff, CodeRED/Everbridge, and direct alerts.
Check which official evacuation area your address appears to be in.
This is a fresh public-feed lookup, not an evacuation order. If the feed is down or no fresh status exists, we send you straight to the official map.
Safety rail: Community Watcher never tells you to evacuate or stay. County alerts, CodeRED/Everbridge, Sheriff updates, and the official ArcGIS map control.
Latest Update
Aspen Acres Fire: 102,007 acres, 82% contained.
DANGER
🔺 The picture has shifted — threat level is now DANGER. 📍 Aspen Acres Fire: 102,007 acres, 82% contained (NIFC & InciWeb).
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🔥🌊 Aspen Acres Fire — Custer County, CO: Community Watcher · Oct 6, 8:34am MT
🔺 The picture has shifted — threat level is now DANGER.
📍 Aspen Acres Fire: 102,007 acres, 82% contained (NIFC & InciWeb).
🌊 Burn scar flooding risk — see the Watcher for current status.
Rain on the Aspen Acres burn scar runs off instead of soaking in. Water and mud can arrive fast, and well below the burned ground — you do not have to be near the fire to be in the path. If water is over the road, turn around. You cannot judge the depth or whether the road is still under it.
🌤️ What this station means right now: The Antelope Valley station's main humidity sensor reports 10%, while nearby Westcliffe/Custer County stations center near 62%. We are treating that one sensor as unreliable rather than calling the valley dry.
(Live from the Antelope Valley station, Westcliffe · 49°F)
We only speak up when the picture actually shifts — no noise, no daily filler.
🗺️ Tap the live map — everything in one place:
🔥 Where the fire is + how close to each town & peak
🚨 Evacuation zones (straight from the Sheriff)
🚧 Road & highway closures
🌤️ Live weather from 97 local stations
💧 Water sources · 🚒 fire stations · 🏫 shelters
👉 https://pyramiddesignsllc.com/community-watcher
👀 If you're in the Wet Mountain Valley, Beulah, Rye, or anywhere near the fire — how's the smoke, wind, and roads your way right now? Drop it below so your neighbors can see. 🙏
Sources: NIFC, InciWeb, Watch Duty & a local weather station. For evacuation orders, always follow Custer County Sheriff & CodeRED.
— Custer County, CO: Community Watcher · by Pyramid Designs LLC, Westcliffe
Watcher update: Oct 6, 8:34 AM MDT
Short update log
Aspen Acres Fire: 102,007 acres, 82% contained.
Aspen Acres Fire: 102,007 acres, 82% contained.
Aspen Acres Fire: 102,007 acres, 82% contained.
Aspen Acres Fire: 102,004 acres, 77% contained.
Aspen Acres Fire: 102,004 acres, 77% contained.
Aspen Acres Fire: 102,004 acres, 72% contained.
Field reports + radio watch
Official data first, local eyes second.
Community Watcher monitors official fire movement signals from NIFC, NWS, CDOT, AirNow, and county public updates. We are also tracking local field reports from a 40-year CalFire veteran watching from a vantage point and relaying observed fire movement by radio.
Radio/lookout reports are published as situational awareness only. They do not replace Custer/Pueblo County Sheriff, CodeRED, Watch Duty, or official evacuation orders. Public radio details will be listed here once verified from a public-safe source.
Best view of the fire picture
Open the interactive live map.
Pan, zoom, and tap markers for NASA hotspots, fire perimeter, wind push, closed roads, evacuation/advisory zones, and public weather stations.
current wind: from SSE; pushing fire toward NNW. Later risky wind origins: S; push toward N Source: InciWeb incident page (max; NIFC reported 102,003 ac). Alerts: No active alert names in the last watcher state.
Fire perimeter + wind direction, rendered from live NIFC data. Blue arrow = fire's travel direction. Orange dots = NASA FIRMS active satellite hotspots (24h) when available; they may indicate flare-ups and should be verified. Not an evacuation map — follow official orders.
Official update
Official update per InciWeb: Fri, 10/02/2026 - 11:16 (Mountain Standard Time, as published)
Last checked by us
Oct 8, 7:45 PM MDT
Threat input
DANGER
Evacuation orders are issued by Custer County, not by this page — enroll in CodeRED to receive them.
NIFC official size/containment can lag during active fires. For faster community situational awareness, check Watch Duty plus county alerts; treat evacuation guidance from officials as controlling. 11 active NASA FIRMS satellite hotspots detected in the fire-area box in the last 24h. These may indicate flare-ups; verify with official sources and the Explore map.
Stage 2 fire restrictions — effective Jun 26, 2026.
Custer County official RSS: Stage 2 (Jun 26, 2026 — older than 14 days). Wet Mountain Fire could not be read in this refresh. Verify the linked official source before any activity that could spark.
Aspen Acres footprint watch: Gardner, Beulah, North Creek, San Isabel, Rye, and Wetmore.
Gardner area (Huerfano County): no evacuation or pre-evacuation status in effect — all Huerfano zones cleared Aug 4 (Huerfano County); Beulah (Pueblo County): check official / Watch Duty; North Creek (Pueblo County): check official / Watch Duty; San Isabel (Pueblo County / Custer County area): check official / Watch Duty; Rye (Pueblo County): check official / Watch Duty; Wetmore (Custer County): check official / Watch Duty. Community Watcher does not issue evacuation guidance and has no direct CodeRED feed; confirm current orders with Watch Duty, Huerfano/Pueblo/Custer County officials, and reverse-911 alerts.
No closures in effect now. 1 scheduled roadwork event coming up.
Nothing is closed on CO 96, CO 69 or CO 165 right now. Scheduled ahead: CO-96E: Between Holmes Road and Siloam Road (18 miles west of the Pueblo area) at Mile Point 33.11. Road construction. Alternating traffic. Starting tomorrow at 7:00AM MDT until tomorrow at about 7:00PM MDT. Full schedule below: • October 9, 7:00AM - October 9, 7:00PM Comment: Single lane closures with flaggers on CO-96 at MP 33.11. Source: CDOT COtrip live feed; as of 2026-10-09T00:44:25.200Z. CDOT data is provided for traveler information only; Community Watcher is not endorsed by CDOT. Always confirm current conditions on the official COtrip map before traveling.
Valley station (Antelope Valley): 48°F, humidity sensor unreliable, wind 4 mph gusting 6 from the SE.
Live readings from the named Antelope Valley station, one point in the Wet Mountain Valley. The Antelope Valley station's main humidity sensor is reporting 10%, but its other humidity probes disagree; we are treating that reading as unreliable, not as valley-wide conditions. Rain gauge: No measurable rain at Antelope Valley station in today's live counter (today 0.00 in, last hour 0.00 in, storm/event 0.00 in, week 0.09 in). This gauge has not reported measurable rain since Oct 6, 3:19 PM local. Rain can be very localized; this does not prove rain fell on the fire perimeter. Second measured precip source: NOAA/RFC radar-gauge estimate near Aspen Acres fire area: last hour 0.00 in, since 12Z 0.00 in. Humidity, wind gusts, and whether rain actually reached the area all matter; compare named sources rather than trusting one sensor.
🛰️ official fire imagesOfficial perimeter and satellite fire maps. Open the official NIFC/WFIGS perimeter map and NASA FIRMS satellite map for current imagery. Community Watcher links live sources and does not cache map images as current.
🛰️official fire images
Severe
Official perimeter and satellite fire maps.
Open the official NIFC/WFIGS perimeter map and NASA FIRMS satellite map for current imagery. Community Watcher links live sources and does not cache map images as current.
Official update
Oct 2, 11:16 AM MDT
Last checked by us
Oct 8, 8:00 PM MDT
Threat input
LIVE_SOURCE_LINKS
Official NIFC fire data is 6d 8h old. NIFC official size/containment can lag during active fires. For faster community situational awareness, check Watch Duty plus county alerts; treat evacuation guidance from officials as controlling.
🏛️ county noticesLatest official county notice: Public Notice – Vehicles for sale Custer County seeks sealed bids for five vehicles. Please submit your sealed bid to the County Clerk, Kelley Camper, located at 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO, no later than close of business on October 8, 2026.…
🏛️county notices
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Latest official county notice: Public Notice – Vehicles for sale
Custer County seeks sealed bids for five vehicles. Please submit your sealed bid to the County Clerk, Kelley Camper, located at 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO, no later than close of business on October 8, 2026.…
🌬️ air qualityAirNow current observation unavailable within 50 miles of Westcliffe 81252. Use AirNow and the AirNow fire/smoke map directly for current smoke and AQI conditions.
🌬️air quality
Elevated
AirNow current observation unavailable within 50 miles of Westcliffe 81252.
Use AirNow and the AirNow fire/smoke map directly for current smoke and AQI conditions.
🌬️ fire weather outlookFire Weather Outlook: 6 elevated-risk hour(s) in the next 24h, humidity dips to 15%. Wind, humidity, and where rain actually fell drive long-haul fire behavior. Winds are forecast to push toward the valley during 8 of the next 24 hours. Red-flag conditions (dry air + wind toward the valley) are flagged 🚩 on those hours. Rain check: No measurable rain at Antelope Valley station in today's live counter (today 0.00 in, last hour 0.00 in, storm/event 0.00 in, week 0.09 in). This gauge has not reported measurable rain since Oct 6, 3:19 PM local. Rain can be very localized; this does not prove rain fell on the fire perimeter. Tap 'Interactive hourly outlook' for the full hour-by-hour forecast.
🌬️fire weather outlook
Severe
Fire Weather Outlook: 6 elevated-risk hour(s) in the next 24h, humidity dips to 15%.
Wind, humidity, and where rain actually fell drive long-haul fire behavior. Winds are forecast to push toward the valley during 8 of the next 24 hours. Red-flag conditions (dry air + wind toward the valley) are flagged 🚩 on those hours. Rain check: No measurable rain at Antelope Valley station in today's live counter (today 0.00 in, last hour 0.00 in, storm/event 0.00 in, week 0.09 in). This gauge has not reported measurable rain since Oct 6, 3:19 PM local. Rain can be very localized; this does not prove rain fell on the fire perimeter. Tap 'Interactive hourly outlook' for the full hour-by-hour forecast.
Ash sifting, debris, downed trees, fences. Volunteers, no charge. This is the most direct cleanup help available and the one most people do not know exists.
Beulah Heights Elementary, 2670 Delphinium St, Pueblo. Replaced the earlier Disaster Assistance Center. CALL 211 FIRST to confirm it is still open and its hours — we could not verify current status and will not send you on a drive for nothing.
Cost-share to repair fire and flood damage to farmland: FENCES, waterlines, debris removal, terraces, waterways. If you lost fence, this is your program.
Payments for livestock deaths above normal mortality from an eligible event. Documentation of losses is required, so photograph and record everything now.
FSA has authorized emergency use of Conservation Reserve Program acres in Colorado — CRP participants may donate grazing or haying to producers hit by wildfire.
Colorado requires insurers to offer at least 65% of personal property coverage up front after a total loss, without a written inventory first. If your insurer did not offer this, ask for it by name.
Most homeowner policies pay for temporary housing while you cannot live at home. It is a line in your existing policy — ask your adjuster for it directly.
SBA disaster loans cover homeowners and renters for real property and personal property, not only businesses. SBA has been part of the damage assessments for this fire.
Donation & Distribution Center at the Resource Assistance Center, 2670 Delphinium St, Pueblo — separate entrance and parking on the SOUTH side of the building. Reported hours Mon–Fri, noon–6pm; confirm before driving. Both giving and receiving.
Colorado received a Fire Management Assistance Grant for this fire. It reimburses firefighting costs. It is NOT money for homeowners and it is not FEMA Individual Assistance. Do not wait on it — work the programs above.
The live Fire Restrictions card above reconciles Wet Mountain Fire and Custer County sources. Verify the official page before any outdoor activity that could spark.
Firefighter/first-responder supplies · (719) 276-7421 · 1901 E Main St, Cañon City · 9am–2pm Mon–Thu
Airbnb.org
Free transitional housing for evacuees — access via 211
📻 Keeping watchOfficial pages, radio and information linesSources for continued situational awareness.
⚠️ Details change fast — always confirm before you go. Verified as of August 2, 2026. Everbridge remains pending a human link check.
📻 Local Field Reports & Radio Watch
Community radio lookout report
40-year CalFire veteran watching from a vantage point and relaying observed fire movement by radio. Treat as field context only — official evacuation orders still come from county alerts / Everbridge.
Evacuation status board for Pueblo County areas impacted by Aspen Acres
Trusted local sourcesFast signal, official decisions. Why Watch Duty, Sheriff pages, CodeRED, and COtrip are linked here.
Fire conditions move faster than national incident summaries. This page widens coverage to Beulah, North Creek, San Isabel, Rye, and Wetmore, then points every decision back to trusted local and official channels.
Watch DutyFast community incident context; verify evacuation orders with county alerts.
Pueblo County SheriffPrimary official signal for Beulah, North Creek, Rye, and San Isabel-side updates.
CDOT COtripOfficial road closures and travel confirmation before moving through fire traffic.
How this is poweredA small public-data watcher, not a black box. Feature timeline + technical notes for people who want the full build story.
Community Watcher is built by Pyramid Designs as a lightweight civic-information dashboard. It combines official public feeds, a local map renderer, and careful human-readable framing so neighbors can see the same signals in one place.
Public data in
NIFC/WFIGS fire perimeter data, NWS weather/wind, CDOT COtrip closures, AirNow smoke/AQI, county notices, and official emergency links.
Cloudflare edge watcher
The Grove watcher reconciles public feeds into one conservative snapshot. Cloudflare validates and serves that same snapshot through /api/community-status, so the page and API cannot silently disagree.
Map renderer
The map is rendered from public perimeter geometry plus local reference points. It adds wind direction, road closures, distance-to-edge, and color-coded community watch bands.
Static site + live API
The page is an Astro static site deployed through Cloudflare Pages with a live Pages Function for status. No private keys, internal hostnames, or sensitive automation details are exposed in the browser.
Feature timeline — approximate build windows in MDT
Private fire pulse.Started as a Telegram watcher for the Aspen Acres Fire: NWS wind + Custer alerts + fire size/containment, sent privately to CJM.Started approx Jun 29 evening · Public handoff Jun 30, 9:26 AM
Unofficial public page.Wrapped the fire data in civic-safety language: clear disclaimer, official-source links, and no evacuation instructions.Started Jun 30, 9:26 AM · Finished Jun 30, 10:06 AM
Status-object architecture.Converted the watcher into modules — each card has level, headline, detail, official timestamp, sources, and threat input.Started Jun 30, 9:27 AM · Finished Jun 30, 4:56 PM
Fire size reconciliation.Added InciWeb table parsing and high-water reconciliation so lagging NIFC feeds do not under-report active-fire acreage.Started Jul 1, 2:16 PM · Finished Jul 1, 7:26 PM
Adaptive cadence.Normal, elevated, and severe states drive refresh expectations; Facebook posting stays change-driven rather than noisy clock-based posting.Started Jun 30, 4:56 PM · Finished Jul 5, 9:29 PM
Rich static fire map.Rendered perimeter, wind push, homestead distance, towns, peaks, water, fire stations, closed roads, and local landmarks from public geometry.Started Jul 4, 9:42 AM · Restored Jul 7, 8:03 AM
Interactive explore map.Added Leaflet map with pan/zoom, layer toggles, town labels, rich popups, sheriff/advisory zones, closed roads, and a repaired live scale bar.Started Jul 4, 2:43 PM · Finished Jul 7, 8:08 AM
Watched communities.Expanded beyond Westcliffe to Beulah, North Creek, San Isabel, Rye, Wetmore, Colorado City, and Gardner with official emergency links.Started Jul 2, 9:51 PM · Finished Jul 2, 10:32 PM
Road closures.Connected CDOT COtrip live feed for watched routes like CO-96, CO-69, and CO-165, with compliance language pointing back to official COtrip.Started Jul 2, 9:51 PM · Finished Jul 2, 10:32 PM
Local weather station.Added a public Ambient Weather station near the valley for hyperlocal humidity, wind, gusts, and direction.Started Jul 5, 3:02 PM · Finished Jul 5, 8:00 PM
Fire weather outlook.Added 24-hour NWS wind/humidity strip with red-flag local indicators; framed as conditions, not fire-spread prediction.Started Jul 5, 9:57 AM · Finished Jul 5, 9:29 PM
Air quality.Added AirNow integration and fire/smoke map links; when no nearby monitor reports, the card fails honestly instead of inventing readings.Started Jun 30, 7:44 PM · Edge-ready Jul 7, 7:46 AM
County notices.Added official county notice/RSS card for local restrictions and public notices, kept separate from evacuation guidance.Started Jun 30, 7:33 PM · Finished Jun 30, 7:44 PM
Cloudflare edge status.Moved core status to /api/community-status so fire, road, weather, and alert data can update even when CJM’s PC is off.Started Jul 7, 7:43 AM · Finished Jul 7, 7:55 AM
Community pin intake.Added “put your place on the map” submissions with human review and Turnstile protection before anything public is added.Started Jul 4, 3:04 PM · Protected Jul 7, 8:37 AM
Facebook/Page automation.Built change-driven post scaffolding so meaningful Community Watcher changes can publish to the Pyramid Page once tokens/permissions are healthy.Started Jun 30, 9:28 AM · Hardened Jul 3, 8:57 AM
Mobile-friendly layout.Reworked the cards so the page fits a phone screen instead of scrolling sideways; the fire-weather strip now swipes inside its own card, and the layout was checked from 320px up to desktop.Started Jul 7, 8:40 PM · Live Jul 7, 9:00 PM
Valley-wide weather mesh.Grew from a single valley station to about 100 public Ambient Weather stations across Wetmore, Florence, Cotopaxi, Pueblo West, and Pueblo — hyperlocal wind, humidity, and gusts far beyond one point.Added Jul 10
⚡ Built fast — on purpose.
Pyramid Designs took this from idea to live in under a week — then rebuilt and expanded the whole system in a single day as the fire grew: a live server-rendered map, closed-road and wind tracking, a verified community resource hub, and updates that refresh automatically. A live-data build like this usually runs a small studio two to four weeks. When neighbors need information, that speed is the point.
Safety note: this page does not issue evacuation guidance. It is situational awareness only; Sheriff, CodeRED, Watch Duty, and official emergency channels remain the source of truth.
Already watchingMore local signal, same sourced standard. Current modules feeding the watcher.
Community Watcher now pulls multiple live public signals into the same page: fire perimeter, wind, air quality, road closures, weather alerts, county notices, and watched communities.
🔥 Fire perimeter — NIFC / WFIGS
🛣️ Road closures — live CDOT COtrip feed
🌬️ Air quality — AirNow
⛅ Weather alerts — NWS Pueblo
🧭 Watched communities — map + distance/wind table
🏛️ County notices — official feeds only
Offline + accessibility
Print one clean status sheet.
Use your browser’s Print button for a simple one-page copy with current status, official links, and emergency-alert reminders.
Emergency numbers(so you can call if the power or internet goes out)
🚨 Life-threatening emergency — 911
Custer County Sheriff — (719) 783-2270
Colorado Emergency Alerts / CodeRED — sign up at dhsem.colorado.gov/emergencyalert Always confirm evacuation orders with the Sheriff and official alerts.
Español — información crítica
Este sitio no es una fuente oficial de evacuación. Es un resumen no oficial de fuentes públicas.
Siga siempre las órdenes del Sheriff, CodeRED y las alertas oficiales.
Si las autoridades le dicen que evacúe, salga de inmediato.
Use los enlaces oficiales de esta página para confirmar caminos, refugios y avisos.
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