Turner Gulch Fire
The Turner Gulch Fire was reported on July 10, 2025 in Mesa County, Colorado and burned 31,699 acres. It was declared out on January 12, 2026. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 31,699 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2025
- Personnel
- 26
Map
Perimeter mapped January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM MST, 31,699 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 38.754, -108.875.
The incident
- Size
- 31,699 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 Miles NE from Gateway, CO
- County
- Mesa County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Gateway
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 26
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COGRD-250194
- IRWIN identifier
- 71FC2C3F-87E3-498D-B33B-560286A818AE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 10, 2025 (83 acres) to January 16, 2026 (31,699 acres). The largest one-day growth was 6,763 acres, mapped July 14, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2025 | 83 | |
| July 11, 2025 | 139 | +56 |
| July 12, 2025 | 943 | +804 |
| July 13, 2025 | 1,030 | +87 |
| July 14, 2025 | 7,793 | +6,763 |
| July 15, 2025 | 12,488 | +4,695 |
| July 16, 2025 | 13,984 | +1,496 |
| July 17, 2025 | 15,200 | +1,216 |
| July 18, 2025 | 15,286 | +86 |
| July 19, 2025 | 15,622 | +336 |
| July 20, 2025 | 15,738 | +116 |
| July 21, 2025 | 16,679 | +941 |
| July 22, 2025 | 16,851 | +172 |
| July 23, 2025 | 17,577 | +726 |
| July 24, 2025 | 17,691 | +114 |
| July 25, 2025 | 18,607 | +916 |
| July 26, 2025 | 18,958 | +351 |
| July 27, 2025 | 19,139 | +181 |
| July 28, 2025 | 19,432 | +293 |
| July 29, 2025 | 20,039 | +607 |
| July 30, 2025 | 20,782 | +743 |
| July 31, 2025 | 21,319 | +537 |
| August 1, 2025 | 21,600 | +281 |
| August 2, 2025 | 21,622 | +22 |
| August 3, 2025 | 21,683 | +61 |
| August 4, 2025 | 22,053 | +370 |
| August 5, 2025 | 22,861 | +808 |
| August 6, 2025 | 24,945 | +2,084 |
| August 7, 2025 | 26,647 | +1,702 |
| August 8, 2025 | 27,477 | +830 |
| August 9, 2025 | 27,778 | +301 |
| August 10, 2025 | 28,403 | +625 |
| August 11, 2025 | 28,569 | +166 |
| August 12, 2025 | 28,791 | +222 |
| August 13, 2025 | 29,068 | +277 |
| August 14, 2025 | 31,701 | +2,633 |
| August 15, 2025 | 31,701 | 0 |
| August 16, 2025 | 31,697 | -4 |
| August 18, 2025 | 31,697 | 0 |
| August 19, 2025 | 31,698 | +1 |
| January 16, 2026 | 31,699 | +1 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Redlands, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Redlands, CO26 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Orchard Mesa, CO28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Grand Junction, CO28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fruita, CO29 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fruitvale, CO30 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Loma, CO31 miles north 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 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM MST. Identifier 2025-COGRD-250194.