The 416 Fire, one year later

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Friday, May 31, 2019 10:02 PM

Updated: Monday, June 3, 2019 10:36 PM

One year after the 416 Fire, vegetation is beginning to grow in the scorched earth northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Gambel oak is beginning to cover the burn area one year after the 416 Fire northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

One year after the 416 Fire, vegetation is beginning to grow in the scorched earth northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Trees burned in the 416 Fire create dangerous conditions northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Eroded soil in the 416 Fire burn can still produce dangerous debris flows as a result of rainstorms northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

The bark on a tree burned in the 416 Fire peels off northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Gambel oak is beginning to cover the burn area one year after the 416 Fire northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Ken Hunter walks along County Road 201 near the burn scar of the 416 Fire. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Gambel oak is beginning to cover the burn area one year after the 416 Fire northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Eroded soil in the 416 Fire burn can still produce dangerous debris flows as a result of rainstorms northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Gambel oak is beginning to cover the burn area one year after the 416 Fire northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Trees burned black in the 416 Fire pose a stark contrast against a gray sky. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Gambel oak is beginning to cover the burn area one year after the 416 Fire northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

One year after the 416 Fire, vegetation is beginning to grow in the scorched earth northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Ken Hunter walks along County Road 201 near the burn scar of the 416 Fire. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Tree bark burned in the 416 Fire peels off northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Tim and Madison Jusko of San Antonio set up camp in the recently opened Lower Hermosa Campground where the 416 Fire burned up to the road behind them in 2018. “We tried to camp here last summer, but it was closed due to the fire,” Tim Jusko said. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Even where the 416 Fire burned with fierce intensity northwest of Hermosa, there are hints of green vegetation beginning to show. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Steve Beiser says views from his house on County Road 201 changed after the 416 Fire last year, but he has no plans to move. “It’s still beautiful, man. I wouldn’t live anywhere else” Beiser says. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Gambel oak is beginning to cover the burn area one year after the 416 Fire northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

One year after the 416 Fire, vegetation is beginning to grow in the scorched earth northwest of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Even where the 416 Fire burned with fierce intensity northwest of Hermosa, there are hints of green vegetation beginning to show. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald