Stoner Mesa Fire
The Stoner Mesa Fire was reported on July 28, 2025 in Dolores County, Colorado and burned 10,249 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 10,249 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2025
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeter mapped December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM MST, 10,249 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.678, -108.191.
The incident
- Size
- 10,249 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 11 Miles NE from Dolores, CO
- County
- Dolores County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Rico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,015,851
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COSJF-000763
- IRWIN identifier
- 2DCC2948-1162-48F8-B41A-FEA15E40FDAF
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 6, 2025 (514 acres) to December 3, 2025 (10,249 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,052 acres, mapped August 11, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2025 | 514 | |
| August 7, 2025 | 833 | +319 |
| August 8, 2025 | 1,142 | +309 |
| August 9, 2025 | 2,241 | +1,099 |
| August 10, 2025 | 3,153 | +912 |
| August 11, 2025 | 6,204 | +3,051 |
| August 12, 2025 | 6,618 | +414 |
| August 13, 2025 | 7,123 | +505 |
| August 14, 2025 | 7,390 | +267 |
| August 16, 2025 | 8,346 | +956 |
| August 17, 2025 | 8,369 | +23 |
| August 18, 2025 | 8,785 | +416 |
| August 19, 2025 | 9,005 | +220 |
| August 20, 2025 | 9,672 | +667 |
| August 21, 2025 | 9,870 | +198 |
| August 22, 2025 | 10,186 | +316 |
| August 23, 2025 | 10,197 | +11 |
| August 24, 2025 | 10,233 | +36 |
| August 25, 2025 | 10,249 | +16 |
| September 1, 2025 | 10,249 | 0 |
| December 3, 2025 | 10,249 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Dolores, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Dolores, CO22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mancos, CO24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mountain Village, CO25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Telluride, CO27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Cortez, CO31 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Durango, CO33 miles southeast 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 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM MST. Identifier 2025-COSJF-000763.