FORESTRY IN COLORADO 5 



The sheriffs of the following counties have filled out and re- 

 turned a report : 



Archuleta Fremont Lake Rio Blanca 



Boulder Garfield Las Animas Rio Grande 



Chaffee Gilpin Mesa Routt 



Clear Creek Grand Mineral Saguache 



Conejos Gunnison Montrose San Miguel 



Costilla Hinsdale Montezuma Summit 



Custer Huerfano Ouray Teller 



Delta Jackson Park 



Douglas Jefferson Pitkin 



El Paso Larimer Pueblo 



Only forest fires outside of the National Forests have been re- 

 ported on in this way. All of the other fires occurring within the 

 state are mainly within the National Forests where they are handled 

 and reported upon by the Forest Service. 



The following fires in Larimer County have been reported 

 through Forest Supervisor H. N. Wheeler: During 1913 there 

 were twelve fires outside of the National Forest, the largest one 

 being in the vicinity of Rist Canyon which the sheriff believes 

 burned over about one section (640 acres) and cost the county 

 between $200. and $300. to suppress. In Boulder County only thnee 

 fires of any consequence occurred, one in Boulder Canyon which 

 burned 15 or 20 acres, cost $25, to suppress; another near Allen's 

 Park burned about 40 acres ; the third one on trie north side of the 

 middle St. Vrain burned 15 to 20 acres. 



Another fire in this County has been reported through Forest 

 Supervisor Simpson as having occurred on November I2th along 

 the right of way of the Rocky Mountain Railroad between Fraser 

 and Stephens' Mill. It was caused by sparks from a logging engine. 

 This fire was brought under control through the combined efforts 

 of the County Fire Warden with a crew of three men and the For- 

 est Service with eight men. In addition to this, Mr. J. B. Stephens' 

 mill and logging crew of about 35 men helped in the puting out 

 of this fire. The total cost to the County Fire Warden, $3.15. No 

 estimates of the damage caused by this fire have been submitted. 

 In Grand County, the following fire was reported through 

 Forest Supervisor Alva A. Simpson. This fire occurred upon 

 private lands, two and one-half miles south of Fraser outside the 

 National Forest. It burned over about 80 acres of slash left by the 

 logging operations of Mr. Fred Feltch of the Fraser River Timber 

 Company. No costs in the control of this fire were submitted. 



In Rio Grande County, three fires were reported for 1913 by 

 Sheriff J. Frank Goad. Two of these occurred on National Forest 



