Leroux Fire
The Leroux Fire was reported on August 3, 2025 in Delta County, Colorado and burned 195 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 195 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2025
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeter mapped October 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM MDT, 195 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 38.877, -107.771.
The incident
- Size
- 195 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5 Miles N from Hotchkiss, CO
- County
- Delta County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Hotchkiss
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Dormant Brush, Hardwood Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COUPD-000121
- IRWIN identifier
- B3CFEDB8-2881-4838-BDDB-1FB9EECA1410
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 4, 2025 (300 acres) to October 20, 2025 (195 acres). The largest one-day growth was 17 acres, mapped August 7, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2025 | 300 | |
| August 5, 2025 | 179 | -121 |
| August 7, 2025 | 196 | +17 |
| October 20, 2025 | 195 | -1 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hotchkiss, 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 December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM MST. Identifier 2025-COUPD-000121.