Elk RBX Fire
The Elk RBX Fire was reported on August 2, 2025 in Rio Blanco County, Colorado and burned 14,518 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 14,518 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 384
Map
Perimeter mapped March 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM MDT, 14,519 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.959, -107.745.
The incident
- Size
- 14,518 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles SE from Meeker, CO
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Meeker, CO
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 384
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 2 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-CORBX-000995
- IRWIN identifier
- D048241D-5988-4746-8968-DC4C502CFC6E
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 4, 2025 (4,000 acres) to March 9, 2026 (14,519 acres). The largest one-day growth was 6,500 acres, mapped August 6, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2025 | 4,000 | |
| August 5, 2025 | 7,750 | +3,750 |
| August 6, 2025 | 14,250 | +6,500 |
| August 7, 2025 | 14,089 | -161 |
| August 8, 2025 | 14,241 | +152 |
| August 9, 2025 | 14,635 | +394 |
| August 11, 2025 | 14,549 | -86 |
| August 12, 2025 | 14,521 | -28 |
| August 13, 2025 | 14,518 | -3 |
| August 14, 2025 | 14,518 | 0 |
| August 16, 2025 | 14,518 | 0 |
| August 18, 2025 | 14,519 | +1 |
| March 9, 2026 | 14,519 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Meeker, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Meeker, CO10 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Silt, CO29 miles south of the fire’s origin
- New Castle, CO29 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Rifle, CO29 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Glenwood Springs, CO36 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Parachute, CO39 miles southwest 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 June 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-CORBX-000995.