Chicken Fire
The Chicken Fire was reported on July 8, 2025 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 272 acres. It is 40 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 272 acres
- Contained
- 40%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped December 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM MST, 266 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 33.337, -108.501.
The incident
- Size
- 272 acres
- Containment
- 40%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20 Miles SE from Reserve, NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Reserve NM
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NMGNF-000465
- IRWIN identifier
- 617D89CB-44CC-48E3-B137-338E56C223E2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM30 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM41 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM44 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM45 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM49 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 December 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM MST. Identifier 2025-NMGNF-000465.