Silver City, NM, June 30, 2025 – Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their field data evaluation to produce the Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map for the Trout Fire, which field verifies unburned/very low, low, moderate, and high SBS categories from satellite imagery. The SBS map estimates approximately 9,996 acres (20%) […]

Gila Las Cruces Type 3 Incident Management Team assumes command of the Trout Fire  Acres: 47,294 Start Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Personnel: 411  Containment: 83% Cause: Lightning  Summary: The Trout Fire is now 83% contained at 47,294 acres. The slight increase in reported acreage is the […]

Southwest Area Incident Management Team 4 prepares for transfer of command for Trout Fire Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 am – 8 pm)  Acres: 47,294 Start Date: June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 553 Fuels: Grass, brush, and timber  Containment: 83%  Highlights: Management of the Trout Fire […]

Suppression repair efforts underway as Trout Fire operations continue scaling down Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 am – 8 pm)  Acres: 47,282 Start Date: June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 760 Fuels: Grass, brush, and timber  Containment: 71%  Highlights: Steady progress continues on the Trout Fire as […]

Friday June 27, 2025  No further updates will be provided on the Twin Cabins Wildfire  Location: The wildfire is in the Jemez Ranger District, near the northwest boundary between the Valles Caldera National Preserve and the Santa Fe National Forest, adjacent to Forest Road 144 and Twin Cabins Canyon.    Start Date: June 23, 2025, at […]

Highlights: This will be the final update on this fire unless there are significant changes. Yesterday, crews made good efforts to reduce interior heat on the Desert Willow Complex, raising containment to 80% on Cotton 1 and 60% on Cotton 2. Incident management has downgraded from a Type-3 to a Type-4 organization under NM Forestry […]

Crews make significant containment gains on the Trout Fire Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 am – 8 pm)  Acres: 47,128 Start Date: June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 971 Fuels: Grass, brush, and timber  Containment: 69% Highlights: Crews have made substantial progress increasing containment to 69 percent […]

Location: The wildfire is in the Jemez Ranger District, near the northwest boundary between the Valles Caldera National Preserve and the Santa Fe National Forest, adjacent to Forest Road 144 and Twin Cabins Canyon.    Start Date: June 23, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.   Size: 40 acres  Containment: 10%  Cause: Under investigation  Vegetation: Burning in oak brush, […]

Thursday June 26, 2025 Reported date: June 26, 2025 @ 10:56 a.m. Containment: 0%       Cause: Lightning       Size: 3.04 acres Location: UPDATED – State Jurisdiction, 2 miles North of Quemado. Fuels: Grass, Pinon Juniper Fire behavior: Low potential, Smoldering, Blacklined itself. Values at risk: Private land to the north. Resources Assigned: Forest Service Resources from the Gila NF/Quemado RD. No additional needs. Type […]

Highlights: Crews continue to maintain and improve containment lines on the Desert Willow Complex Fire. Containment on Cotton 1 has been raised to 80%, and Cotton 2 to 50%. The public should continue to avoid the bosque where heavy machinery and firefighters are working. Update: Today, response crews will continue their work mopping up in […]

Evacuations reduced as fire threat lessens  Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 am – 8 pm)  Acres: 47,121 Start Date: June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM                                                          Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 1,083             Fuels: Grass, brush, and timber  Containment: 41%  Highlights: As fire activity slows on the Trout Fire, the incident management is […]

Location: The wildfire is in the Jemez Ranger District, near the northwest boundary between the Valles Caldera National Preserve and the Santa Fe National Forest, adjacent to Forest Road 144 and Twin Cabins Canyon.    Start Date: June 23, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.   Size: 40 acres  Containment: 10%  Cause: Under investigation  Vegetation: Burning in oak brush, […]

Highlights: Due to the hard work of firefighters on the ground, containment has been raised on the Desert Willow Complex Fire to 70% on Cotton 1 and 40% on Cotton 2. The fire received precipitation yesterday and overnight. The public is advised to avoid the bosque area where firefighters will be continuing efforts to extinguish […]

Crews remain engaged on the Trout Fire amid thunderstorms and flash flooding Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 am – 8 pm)  Acres: 47,121 Start Date: June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Cause: Lightning  Personnel: 1,395 Fuels: Grass, brush, and timber  Containment: 41%  Highlights: Containment increased to 41 percent on the […]

Silver City, NM, June 26, 2025—A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) team, led by Mike Natharius, began making burned area surveys of the Trout Fire yesterday. BAER team assessments are rapid evaluations of post-fire conditions of the burned landscape to determine the level of risk from potential flooding and debris flow to values on National […]

Update on Twin Cabins Wildfire in Jemez Ranger District  Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers were notified of a new wildfire start, named the Twin Cabins wildfire, on the afternoon of Monday June 23, 2025. The wildfire is in the Jemez Ranger District, near the northwest boundary between the Valles Caldera National Preserve and […]

Highlights: Yesterday’s fire suppression activities brought increased containment for the two fires of the Desert Willow Complex. Evacuations and road closures were also lifted, allowing residents to return to their homes. Today, efforts will focus on extinguishing hot spots in the bosque area, removal of hazard trees, and rehabilitation activities in the bosque. Containment for […]

Seven Springs Fire 66% contained, transfer of command back to local unit tomorrow at 8am Final Daily Update June 24th, 2025 Acres: 805                                                                               Start Date: 06/17/2025 Location: Mescalero, NM                                                         Personnel: 334 Containment: 66%                                                                   Fuels: Timber, timber litter, brush and grass Cause: Lightning Resources:    2 crews | 4 engines | 1 helicopters Highlights: This will be […]

Tuesday June 24, 2025 Reported date: June 11, 2025 Containment: 91 %       Cause: Lightning       Size: 57,753 Personnel: 129 Fuels: Grass, timber Strategy: Full Suppression Fire behavior: Minimal, Smoldering Operations: Today, they are focused on monitoring and patrolling for any remaining heat in the area with the remaining resources. The roads group is continuing to repair […]

Containment increases as suppression repair work continues Scattered thunderstorms move across the Trout Fire, prompting flood watches Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 am – 8 pm)  Acres: 47,100 Start Date: June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Cause: Under investigation  Personnel: 1,400 Fuels: Grass, brush, and timber  Containment: 33% Highlights: Despite […]