Press Release – Saturday, July 5, 2025 Work continues on the Trout Fire and Team Assumes Command of Panther Fire  Acres: 47,294 Start Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Personnel: 228 Containment: 89% Cause: Lightning  Summary: Containment on the Trout Fire increased to 89% on Friday, July 4th, thanks to the […]

Favorable weather conditions in place for hazardous fuels reduction work ALAMOGORDO, NM, July 5, 2025— The Lincoln National Forest is planning prescribed fire operations. Named the Jeffers Piles, we estimate this prescribed fire project to take place on the 5th, 6th and 7th as weather conditions allow. We use prescribed fire to reduce overgrown vegetation, […]

Santa Fe National Forest Forest Service News Release Laguna Wildfire Daily Update Brandon Hess – Incident Commander July 4, 2025 Acres: 1,300 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Completion: 12 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 120 Fuels: […]

A new map shows several fire areas burning in the Laguna Fire area. All fire areas are well within the planned perimeter for the Laguna Wildfire and pose no threats to homes or private property. However, smoke is visible and may impact communities and the Highway 4 travel corridor east of the fire.

Press Release – Friday, July 4, 2025 Crews remain engaged in suppression repair work through the holiday weekend  Acres: 47,294 Start Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025 Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Personnel: 263 Containment: 85% Cause: Lightning  Summary: The Trout Fire experienced a slight increase to 85% containment on Thursday, July 3, thanks to the […]

Acres: 1300 Start Date: 6/25/2025 Completion: 10 % Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Personnel: 120 Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper Resources: 2 hotshot crews, 1 Type 2 Initial Attack crew, 1 helicopter, 6 engines, 2 […]

Press Release – Thursday, July 3, 2025Progress continues on Trout Fire Acres: 47,294Start Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NMPersonnel: 287Containment: 83%Cause: Lightning Summary: Incident personnel and heavy equipment remain actively engaged in suppression actions, repair and hazard mitigation. Yesterday, Highway 15 was reopened, and the forest closure was amended, […]

Laguna Wildfire Daily Update Brandon Hess – Incident Commander July 2, 2025 Acres: 200                Start Date: 6/25/2025 Completion: 0 %     Personnel: 120 Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, pinyon-juniper Resources: 3 hotshot crews, 1 Type 2 Initial Attack crew, 1 helicopter, 4 engines, 2 water tenders Highlights: Crews will continue firing operations by hand to secure […]

Press Release – Wednesday, July 2, 2025  Highway 15 reopening; Drivers are urged to use caution as fire crews remain on-scene  Acres: 47,294 Start Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025  Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Personnel: 311  Containment: 83% Cause: Lightning  Summary: Highway 15 is officially open to through-traffic as of 6:00 a.m. […]

Firefighters suppress fire activity on the southwest edge of the Trout Fire Acres: 47,294 Start Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NMPersonnel: 316Containment: 83%Cause: Lightning Summary: On Monday, the Trout Fire experienced increased fire activity on the southwest portion of the perimeter, south of Signal Peak. Ground crews, with support of […]

The 176-acre wildfire is in the Coyote Ranger District Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) fire managers are planning to actively manage the lightning caused Laguna Fire located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness. Currently, 80 personnel are on the […]

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 […]