Lee Fire
The Lee Fire was reported on August 2, 2025 in Rio Blanco County, Colorado and burned 137,758 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 137,758 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeter mapped August 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM MDT, 137,758 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 39.934, -108.234.
The incident
- Size
- 137,758 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 11 Miles SW from Meeker, CO
- County
- Rio Blanco County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Meeker
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $30,106,091
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COWRD-001004
- IRWIN identifier
- 287EC255-52FC-4170-B5AA-A7B221A3C2CD
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 4, 2025 (13,025 acres) to August 24, 2025 (137,758 acres). The largest one-day growth was 36,020 acres, mapped August 7, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2025 | 13,025 | |
| August 5, 2025 | 14,426 | +1,401 |
| August 6, 2025 | 22,694 | +8,268 |
| August 7, 2025 | 58,714 | +36,020 |
| August 8, 2025 | 61,470 | +2,756 |
| August 9, 2025 | 92,048 | +30,578 |
| August 10, 2025 | 113,378 | +21,330 |
| August 11, 2025 | 116,859 | +3,481 |
| August 12, 2025 | 120,650 | +3,791 |
| August 13, 2025 | 123,223 | +2,573 |
| August 14, 2025 | 133,603 | +10,380 |
| August 15, 2025 | 133,954 | +351 |
| August 16, 2025 | 137,454 | +3,500 |
| August 17, 2025 | 137,481 | +27 |
| August 18, 2025 | 137,485 | +4 |
| August 19, 2025 | 137,755 | +270 |
| August 21, 2025 | 137,756 | +1 |
| August 24, 2025 | 137,758 | +2 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Meeker, 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 May 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM MDT. Identifier 2025-COWRD-001004.