Goose Fire
The Goose Fire was reported on July 9, 2025 in Grant County, New Mexico and burned 3,692 acres. It was declared out on September 8, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,692 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2025
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped September 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM MDT, 3,693 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.020, -108.383.
The incident
- Size
- 3,692 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 18 Miles NW from Silver City, NM
- County
- Grant County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Silver City
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,502,098
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NMGNF-000477
- IRWIN identifier
- 51F68672-2282-4ECB-B003-FCBB45BB3B66
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 12, 2025 (110 acres) to September 30, 2025 (3,693 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,276 acres, mapped July 20, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2025 | 110 | |
| July 13, 2025 | 711 | +601 |
| July 16, 2025 | 948 | +237 |
| July 17, 2025 | 1,681 | +733 |
| July 18, 2025 | 1,845 | +164 |
| July 19, 2025 | 1,845 | 0 |
| July 20, 2025 | 3,121 | +1,276 |
| July 24, 2025 | 3,401 | +280 |
| July 26, 2025 | 3,690 | +289 |
| September 30, 2025 | 3,693 | +3 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Silver City, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Silver City, NM18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM21 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM27 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lordsburg, NM50 miles south 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 May 1, 2026 at 6:50 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-NMGNF-000477.