Turkeyfeather Fire
The Turkeyfeather Fire was reported on June 30, 2025 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 24,178 acres. It was declared out on September 30, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 24,178 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 30, 2025
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped January 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM MST, 23,471 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.375, -108.524.
The incident
- Size
- 24,178 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 22 Miles SE from Reserve, NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,455,876
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NMGNF-000435
- IRWIN identifier
- 601FD282-11A1-4B3F-9F62-CB8A65AE167D
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 9, 2025 (5,728 acres) to January 12, 2026 (23,471 acres). The largest one-day growth was 7,705 acres, mapped July 13, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2025 | 5,728 | |
| July 10, 2025 | 7,001 | +1,273 |
| July 11, 2025 | 10,184 | +3,183 |
| July 12, 2025 | 13,868 | +3,684 |
| July 13, 2025 | 21,573 | +7,705 |
| July 14, 2025 | 22,000 | +427 |
| July 15, 2025 | 23,003 | +1,003 |
| July 18, 2025 | 23,577 | +574 |
| July 19, 2025 | 23,486 | -91 |
| January 12, 2026 | 23,471 | -15 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM44 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM45 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM46 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM48 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ50 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 January 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM MST. Identifier 2025-NMGNF-000435.