Bucktail Fire
The Bucktail Fire was reported on August 1, 2024 in Montrose County, Colorado and burned 7,078 acres. It was declared out on October 3, 2024.
- Size
- 7,078 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2024
- Personnel
- 28
Map
Perimeter mapped March 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM MST, 7,202 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.310, -108.456.
The incident
- Size
- 7,078 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 1, 2024 at 11:18 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 21, 2024 at 4:20 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2024 at 4:39 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 3, 2024 at 10:50 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5nm Northeast of Nucla, CO
- County
- Montrose County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Nucla
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 28
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,490,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-COMRX-000086
- IRWIN identifier
- 581EAEB2-C938-42C8-BFC8-109B3C183170
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 1, 2024 (164 acres) to March 6, 2025 (7,202 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,996 acres, mapped March 6, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2024 | 164 | |
| August 2, 2024 | 2,951 | +2,787 |
| August 3, 2024 | 3,170 | +219 |
| August 4, 2024 | 3,738 | +568 |
| August 5, 2024 | 3,788 | +50 |
| August 6, 2024 | 3,788 | 0 |
| August 7, 2024 | 4,206 | +418 |
| March 6, 2025 | 7,202 | +2,996 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Nucla, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Nucla, CO6 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Olathe, CO33 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Montrose, CO33 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Delta, CO36 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Mountain Village, CO42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Telluride, CO43 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 19, 2026 at 12:13 PM MST. Identifier 2024-COMRX-000086.