Marshall Fire Recovery

Report Summary: On December 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire began around 11 a.m. near the historic community of Marshall in Boulder County, Colorado. Within a matter of a few hours, the fire spread across open spaces and grasslands into the residential neighborhoods of eastern unincorporated Boulder County, the Town of Superior, and the City of Louisville. By that evening, over 6,000 acres were burned, and more than 1,100 structures were destroyed or sustained significant damage. Turning to ULI's Urban Resilience program, Louisville and Superior municipal staff sought guidance on how to best address community resilience questions, to better incorporate the Wildland-Urban Interface into municipal codes, to meet the housing needs of the two communities, and to help ensure that community members, both in town and those still displaced, are able to participate in the critical post-disaster decision making that will impact their homes and lives in the years to come.