Gov. Jared Polis issued a disaster declaration Sunday for five wildfires burning in several of the state's counties. Here's what you need to know.

The Sowbelly fire, burning 2,274 acres in the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area west of Delta, was 16% contained as of Thursday.

Four of the five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope have together consumed nearly 21,000 acres, according to fire officials. How much Colorado land the fifth has burned is