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Colorado wildfires burn 44,000 acres across multiple counties, evacuations ordered

Occurred 29 Jun 2026·Detected 29 Jun 2026·
🇺🇸 Western Colorado, primarily in and around San Juan National Forest across Ouray, Dolores, Gunnison, and Mesa counties41 reports
Natural CatastrophePropertyAviationEnergyCasualty & Liability

Multiple wildfires including the Snyder Mesa, Gold Mountain, and Ferris fires have burned approximately 44,000 acres across western Colorado, triggering evacuations in Ouray, Dolores, Gunnison, and Mesa counties. The fires are burning in and around San Juan National Forest with significant involvement from state and federal agencies. No insured loss estimate or commercial/industrial asset damage is reported.

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Impact verdict

Medium impact. Loss pathway: Named wildfire event burning 44,000 acres across multiple western Colorado counties with active evacuations and federal incident response. Evidence: Multiple named fires (Snyder Mesa, Gold Mountain, Ferris) in San Juan National Forest region; significant acreage burned warrants monitoring for property exposure in rural Colorado communities and ranch/recreational properties. Limit: No insured loss estimate, no named commercial/industrial facility damage, no structure count, and no insured exposure quantification provided in the source; cannot yet assess scale of insured losses to warrant HIGH classification.

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Geographic Zone Matches

3 active matches

  • TRIA Certified Areas
    Rule-basedConfidence 100%
  • Pacific Ring of Fire
    Rule-basedConfidence 100%
  • Caribbean Hurricane Zone
    Rule-basedConfidence 100%

Geographic zone matches are RiskEvents spatial/analytical indicators, not coverage determinations or Lloyd's official classifications.

Affected countries

🇺🇸 United States

Lloyd's classifications

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