Elkhorn Fire
The Elkhorn Fire was reported on July 26, 2025 in La Plata County, Colorado and burned 298 acres. It was declared out on October 10, 2025.
- Size
- 298 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2025
- Personnel
- 19
Map
Perimeter mapped July 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM MDT, 298 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.466, -107.768.
The incident
- Size
- 298 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 18 Miles N from Durango, CO
- County
- La Plata County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Durango
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 19
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,998,587
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COLPX-000749
- IRWIN identifier
- 8C33FB91-27D6-49A9-9E52-DE884436525F
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 26, 2025 (145 acres) to August 6, 2025 (298 acres). The largest one-day growth was 134 acres, mapped July 27, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 26, 2025 | 145 | |
| July 27, 2025 | 279 | +134 |
| July 28, 2025 | 322 | +43 |
| July 29, 2025 | 323 | +1 |
| July 30, 2025 | 317 | -6 |
| August 2, 2025 | 317 | 0 |
| August 6, 2025 | 298 | -19 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Durango, CO covers the area today.
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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 October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM MDT. Identifier 2025-COLPX-000749.