The Lee fire, burning in Rio Blanco County near Meeker in northwest Colorado, has eclipsed the 2018 Spring Creek blaze as the fifth-largest wildfire in state history, according to multiple reports.

Ignited by a lightning strike Aug. 2, the Lee fire is currently at 7% containment, incident officials said. It is the state’s largest wildfire since 2020, when the Cameron Peak, East Troublesome and Pine Gulch blazes scorched a combined 541,732 acres.

The Lee fire is southwest of Meeker, while the smaller Elk fire continues to burn east of Meeker. The Lee fire grew to 113,378 acres by Monday morning, according to a social media post by the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office. 

The Cameron Peak fire burned for 112 days, officials said. The fire ignited on Aug. 13, 2020, in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest near Cameron Pass and Chambers Lake.

The Larimer County Damage Assessment Teams found 469 structures were impacted by the blaze and only eight of those structures remained intact. A total of 224 of those structures were residential and all but four were destroyed. 

Here is a list, subject to change, of the 10 largest wildfires in Colorado history:

1. Cameron Peak fire (2020)  – 208, 913 acres

2. East Troublesome fire (2020) – 193,812 acres

3. Pine Gulch fire (2020) – 139,007 acres

4. Hayman fire (2002) – 137,760 acres

5. Lee fire (2025) – 113,378 acres

6. Spring Creek fire (2018) – 108,045 acres

7. High Park fire (2012) – 87,284 acres

8. Missionary Ridge fire (2002) – 70,285 acres

9. West Fork fire (2013) – 58,570 acres

10. 416 fire (2018) – 54,129 acres

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