La Plata Fire
The La Plata Fire was reported on August 17, 2025 in Chaffee County, Colorado and burned 133 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 133 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2025
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped August 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM MDT, 133 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.054, -106.493.
The incident
- Size
- 133 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 4 Miles W from Twin Lakes, CO
- County
- Chaffee County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Twin Lakes
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,470,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COPSF-001374
- IRWIN identifier
- 451B824A-0173-4409-BA80-8276B016E925
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 19, 2025 (39 acres) to August 24, 2025 (133 acres). The largest one-day growth was 43 acres, mapped August 20, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2025 | 39 | |
| August 20, 2025 | 82 | +43 |
| August 21, 2025 | 90 | +8 |
| August 24, 2025 | 133 | +43 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Leadville, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Leadville, CO17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Leadville North, CO17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Aspen, CO20 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Buena Vista, CO24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Snowmass Village, CO26 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Crested Butte, CO29 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 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM MDT. Identifier 2025-COPSF-001374.