Flash flood warning issued for Cameron Peak Fire burn scar in Larimer County

Miles Blumhardt, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Updated ·1 min read

A thunderstorm in central Larimer County has prompted the National Weather Service to expand and extend several flash flood warnings for the Cameron Peak Fire burn scar Wednesday.

Here are the warnings due to heavy rain in the areas that require people to move to higher ground immediately:

  • Until 7:15 p.m.: Masonville and to the west to north of Drake

  • Until 6:15 p.m. Glen Haven north to Pennock Pass and from near Red Feather Lakes to Rustic

Affected areas include:

  • Masonville

  • Moondance Way

  • Stringtown Gulch

  • Big Bear

  • Lower Buckhorn Road on County Road 27 above Masonville

  • Glen Haven

  • Gulches along Colorado Highway 14 above Rustic

  • Rustic

  • Goodell Corner

  • Bellaire Lake

  • Manhattan Creek

  • Elkhorn Creek

  • South Lone Pine Creek

  • Columbine Creek

  • Dry Creek

  • Pennock Pass (upper Rist Canyon)

  • Pingree Park Road

  • Sky Ranch

  • Crown Point Road

  • Jacks Gulch

  • Box Prairie

  • Poudre Springs

  • Monument Gulch

Much of this area was severely burned during the 2020 Cameron Peak Fire.

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It is the second consecutive day part of the burn scar has been under a flash flood warning. The western part of the scar was under a flash flood warning Tuesday.

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Update: Flash flood warning expanded to Masonville area