For the most part the fire remained on United States Forest Service lands south of Coaldale, Colorado.

Much of the fire is located in steep terrain within the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness.

As of July 16, only one seasonal summer cabin had been destroyed, but residents of nearby housing had been evacuated.

As the fire expends beyond NFS lands the vegetation burning changes from mixed conifers to Scrub oak and Pinyon pine.

As of July 20 it is anticipated that the fire will move south toward Rainbow Lake, the Brush Creek drainage and Wulsten Baldy at the top of the range.