So seems like there still might be confusion on the whole two maps thing, so hopefully this thread will help... #sunshinewildlandfire
Most of the confusion seems to have stemmed from the city and county putting their maps on separate platforms and people referring to "west Boulder" to include both city and county
On the left is the map #Boulder County was using, where we still have three mandatory evacuation areas. On the right, the map used by the city, where there were temporarily evacuation warnings 
The maps were of the same incident, but they do not overlap. So if a person was just using the city map, when those warnings were lifted it might have also seemed to them as though the county orders were lifted. But they were never included on that map to begin with
It seems that adding to the confusion was people tweeting they had received the "all clear" in west Boulder, which some in areas just west of city limits took to mean they were included when the lifted warnings were for just homes within city limits
Now as you can see on the city map, an update from the time of the Marshall Fire is that all areas in the county are now in these "polygons." I wrote about the change a while back: bit.ly/3NbpyFR
As the fire spread, you could hear them shouting out polygon codes to issue the evacuation notices. Had it spread to the city, they would have used the same system. So it appears it worked for crews, but there is still some work to be done with the public facing aspect
And then of course, a third map with no polygons at all bit.ly/3kds2Gc
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