page_title: Spring Creek Fire
hierarchical_section_title: Spring Creek Fire
caption_attribution_description: English: Part of the Spring Creek Fire burn scar. The view is from Colorado State Highway 12, at Devils Stairsteps, between La Veta and Cuchara, looking towards the west towards Kruger Mountain.
context_page_description: The Spring Fire was a wildfire near Fort Garland and La Veta, Colorado in Costilla and Huerfano counties in southern Colorado. The fire burned a total of 108,045 acres and was the third-largest wildfire in Colorado history.
context_section_description: The Spring Fire was a wildfire near Fort Garland and La Veta, Colorado in Costilla and Huerfano counties in southern Colorado. The fire burned a total of 108,045 acres (437 square kilometers) and was the third-largest wildfire in Colorado history.
caption: The burn scar west of Highway 12.
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