Post Fire

Perimeter mapped August 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM MDT, 4,343 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 37.082, -104.421.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Trinidad

Size

4,335 acres

Containment

90%

Discovered

August 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

7 Miles SE from Trinidad, CO

County

Las Animas County

State

Colorado

Protecting agency

C&L

Land ownership at origin

Private

Personnel assigned

1

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident

Primary fuel

Short Grass (1 foot)

Estimated cost to date

$1,260,873

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-COLSX-001549

IRWIN identifier

251FD40C-6BCB-4C69-81EC-F105E1328374

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 12, 2026 (2,431 acres) to August 14, 2026 (4,343 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,782 acres, mapped August 13, 2026.

• Wind up to 25 mph from the south-southwest
• Relative humidity as low as 45%
• High of 59°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Trinidad, CO

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts have not drawn smoke over the fire’s origin today.

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 0.1 µg/m³ around Mon, 11:00 AM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Trinidad, CO7 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Raton, NM12 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Walsenburg, CO42 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Colorado City, CO64 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Angel Fire, NM67 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Questa, NM70 miles west of the fire’s origin