Wright Draw Fire
The Wright Draw Fire was reported on July 10, 2025 in Mesa County, Colorado and burned 465 acres. It was declared out on October 8, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 465 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2025
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped December 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM MST, 471 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 38.750, -108.916.
The incident
- Size
- 465 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM MDT
- 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
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $887,483
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-COGRD-250195
- IRWIN identifier
- 231D26BD-9444-4A01-8BAD-225D58084B37
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 11, 2025 (39 acres) to December 22, 2025 (471 acres). The largest one-day growth was 48,125 acres, mapped August 9, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2025 | 39 | |
| July 12, 2025 | 160 | +121 |
| July 13, 2025 | 235 | +75 |
| July 14, 2025 | 264 | +29 |
| July 15, 2025 | 437 | +173 |
| July 16, 2025 | 448 | +11 |
| July 22, 2025 | 465 | +17 |
| August 9, 2025 | 48,591 | +48,126 |
| October 14, 2025 | 465 | -48,126 |
| December 22, 2025 | 471 | +6 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Redlands, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Redlands, CO27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Grand Junction, CO29 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Orchard Mesa, CO29 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fruita, CO30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Loma, CO31 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fruitvale, CO32 miles northeast 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 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM MST. Identifier 2025-COGRD-250195.