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<br />. Accarding~to the La Plata Caunty Office .of Eme~gen"Y Maqagemenr w~bstte,'the l\1is~ia.llaty-,Ridge Fire,started an
<br />" June 9. 2002. approximately 10 mile.s northeast oH>uranga Calarado.i;I:he ma\l-ca.l\,~ed,fire )V~s\qlii~lclY driven ~y
<br />. 'mongsouihwest winds. Cansuqiing,aver 1,00b acreS an'haur, the,.fire grew to 6.500[acres tHe,first afternoon. The
<br />fire~burne~ through t!me river drainages. a~d~6' .of their ~ri91lt~ry draillages: TKi~, incl,~de~.the,eas~ f>-\limas Va!ley
<br />dr~mage to Lem~:m Dam .and the FJaflda River "and Ihne,RivEr Valley,s mta Va~lectta'ReservOlr. These flyer
<br />r . water~.he,d1s.erv~ as damestlc water,su~R1Y saurces far Durango,.Bayflel9. at;ld Igp-acla. ' , .
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<br />Th~,~eb~ife g9~s_an 't,?, detail that over th~,next 40 days the,fire cansumed 72.~62 acres. d~estroyi&g 56)lOmes. 27
<br />autbulldmgs ani:hburmng 2,000.- 8,000 acres a day far the first.week. 2,300 homesiwere'eVil~!.1ated.
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<br />i , "Tbe'~~i1'J~'~llti(lJ;:Y ~~~est. weDsit~ repoits that Missianary Ju:dge accurr~d at the'hejght df a r~card'<!roug~t wnen
<br />, ,",Q.nly 1.3! \lllChes af"preG1RltatlOn had accumulated after a law wmter,'snawpack 'Fhroygn sate1ltt6.phoragraphy.j1re
<br />~, ,tbfficil!.is,de~erminedthaifafthe total 72.962 aCr.es within the,burn perimeter n.54~~~res!b"'t!led"at,a high s,yerity
<br />" fr)fate@..hdi'2i].2.2.ades~3,F'moderate,severirY' "The rem,aining acres were at low severity .or ul}l!urhed,"~urn seyer\ty,is
<br />~ t,a ;rehitiye'~l)Je4~.r'e{af. the degr"eeiaf change in a watershed that relates tb the sexerify bf fire"eff~cts .off s6il
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