Blue Fire
The Blue Fire was reported on October 27, 2025 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 172 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 172 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 27, 2025
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped December 15, 2025 at 7:38 AM MST, 2 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 33.359, -108.625.
The incident
- Size
- 172 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 Miles E from Glenwood, NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NMGNF-000825
- IRWIN identifier
- E69FBE8C-D65A-4D0C-8205-8721961D0D9D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM26 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ44 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM45 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Morenci, AZ46 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM47 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM49 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2025 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated August 22, 2026 at 8:57 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-NMGNF-000825.