2026 Aspen Acres Fire
2026-06-29. We are rebuilding the Aspen Acres burn area of Custer and Pueblo counties after the fire. Here is what to do now.
Wildfire · started June 29, 2026 · Structure counts are official and aerial-analysis estimates and change as damage assessments continue · Facts as of September 2, 2026 · Sources: Colorado Sun damage analysis · Colorado DHSEM
Burned ground can’t soak up rain, so storms over the Aspen Acres burn scar send water, mud, and debris down North Creek, Middle Creek, and Squirrel Creek toward Beulah. Expect it again after heavy rain for the next few years.
We walk your property with you — driveway culvert, grading, where the water went and where it will go next time — and leave a written list: what you can fix yourself, and what needs a contractor. No obligation to hire us.
Water doesn’t stop at property lines. A culvert fixed on one lot can push the problem onto the next. If you and your neighbors share a drainage, we’ll look at it as one project, price it as a group, and design it so no one’s fix floods someone else. Work in a drainage may need a county floodplain permit — we handle that.
Sources: KRDO, Sept 29, 2026 · KKTV, Sept 29, 2026 · NFIP Post-Wildfire Exception · Printable flyer · Guide: living below a burn scar
One form. A coordinator calls you back in your window — no phone tree.
Heavy rain over the burn scar brought flash flooding and debris flows down North Creek, Middle Creek, and Squirrel Creek, with flooding reported on Pine Drive and Cascade Avenue. It was the area’s 10th flash flood warning since the fire began. If you had new water damage, document it before cleanup and file it as a separate flood claim.
Rebuild intake is open for the Aspen Acres area. Official county links and debris program details are posted here as the counties publish them.
