Ferris Fire prompts evacuations, area closure in southern Dolores County
Glade Ranch was fully evacuated as the Ferris Fire and Far Draw Fire merged and topped 10,000 acres north of Dolores.
Civil authorities ordered immediate evacuations for the Glade Ranch Subdivision and private land inholdings north of Glade Ranch as the Ferris Fire and Far Draw Fire merged. The Glade Ranch subdivision was fully evacuated, and the fire remained at zero percent containment as crews tracked its spread near Narraguinnep Canyon, northeast of Pleasant View and north of Dolores.
Level 3, or GO, evacuation orders covered Lone Dome Road, Bradfield Campground, Road 521 toward McPhee Dam, the Glade Ranch Subdivision and the private inholdings north of Glade Ranch. Disappointment Road was not included in the evacuation area, even as pre-evacuation warnings extended from Lone Mesa State Park east to the Dolores/Norwood Road and north to Disappointment Road. County Road 16 and County Road S were restricted to all travelers, tightening access across the area’s scattered homes, ranchland and Forest Service parcels.
Fire officials said dry lightning sparked three new wildfires Saturday, June 27, on the San Juan National Forest’s Dolores Ranger District in Dolores and Montezuma counties. The Ferris Fire and Far Draw Fire had merged by Sunday and were called the Ferris Fire.
The blaze was about 9,600 acres, then later grew to more than 10,000 acres as it burned southeast of Bradfield Bridge Campground along Highway 504 and through the Glade area near Narraguinnep Canyon. The San Juan National Forest’s Dolores Ranger District also imposed an area closure near the fire, about 30 miles northwest of Dolores and 10 miles east of Cahone, closing roads and trails until further notice.
Dove Creek Volunteer Fire Department firefighters stopped several lightning-caused fires before they could grow. Officials kept evacuation orders in place and continued structure-protection efforts around the Glade area.
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