page_title: Cedaredge, Colorado
section_title: McGruder Fire
hierarchical_section_title: Cedaredge, Colorado / History / McGruder Fire
caption_attribution_description: English: McGruder Fire, Cedaredge, Colorado, look southeast and down-valley. Fire below the Rollins Sandstone, 7-3-04.
context_page_description: The Town of Cedaredge is a Home Rule Municipality in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2253 at the 2010 United States Census. Cedaredge sits in the Surface Creek Valley beneath the southern slopes of the Grand Mesa, the largest mesa in the world. Its elevated vantage point affords southern views of the San Juan Mountains, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, and the communities of Delta, Olathe, and Montrose. Cedaredge is a small, agricultural community which produces beef cattle, apples, peaches, and wine from the region's few basic vineyards. Tourist attractions include Cedaredge Golf Club, Historic Pioneer Town, and an art gallery and craft store housed in a renovated apple packing shed. Regional sporting activities include camping, trophy hunting, hiking and Gold Medal fishing at more than 250 lakes on the Grand Mesa. During the winter locals partake in snowmobiling and Nordic skiing on the Mesa's trails. Powderhorn Resort is located 30 miles north of Cedaredge and has ski terrain such as groomers, bumps, glades, and boulder fields, as well as two terrain parks.
context_section_description: Lightning struck a tree on Friday July 2, 2004.  The fire smoldered overnight and hot dry winds fanned the flames into a large wildfire on July 3, 2004.  By Sunday July 11, the fire was considered 100 percent contained.  Thanks to the efforts of the Cedaredge volunteer and other area fire departments, San Juan Hot Shots, the BLM and Forest Service, no homes or lives were lost.  The total area consumed by the McGruder fire was estimated at about 3,000 acres (12 km²),   1,467 acres (5.94 km²) of which was private land, the rest belonging to BLM and Forest Service.
caption: McGruder fire on 7-3-04 below Rollins Sandstone
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