Large Impact Fire
The Large Impact Fire was reported on November 6, 2025 in El Paso County, Colorado and burned 5,500 acres. It was declared out on December 2, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 6, 2025
- Personnel
- 4
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 38.562, -104.761.
The incident
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM MST
- Contained
- November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM MST
- Controlled
- December 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- December 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 8 Miles S from Fountain, CO
- County
- El Paso County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Fort Carson
- Protecting agency
- USA
- Land ownership at origin
- DOD
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COFCQ-001710
- IRWIN identifier
- DF0BA5AF-1AF6-4BBD-BA6A-121006978699
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fountain, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fountain, CO9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fort Carson, CO12 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Security-Widefield, CO13 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Stratmoor, CO15 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Pueblo West, CO15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Penrose, CO17 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 December 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM MST. Identifier 2025-COFCQ-001710.