Range 121 Fire
The Range 121 Fire was reported on March 14, 2026 in El Paso County, Colorado and burned 1,100 acres. It was declared out on March 15, 2026. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 14, 2026
- Personnel
- 11
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 38.541, -104.726.
The incident
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM MDT
- Contained
- March 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- March 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 9 Miles SW from Fountain, CO
- County
- El Paso County
- State
- Colorado
- Nearest city reported
- Fort Carson
- Protecting agency
- USA
- Land ownership at origin
- DOD
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-COFCQ-000281
- IRWIN identifier
- F530362F-61EE-45A7-AF68-D857D246FC59
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fountain, CO covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fountain, CO10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Pueblo West, CO13 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Fort Carson, CO14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Security-Widefield, CO14 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Stratmoor, CO16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Penrose, CO18 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 March 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM MDT. Identifier 2026-COFCQ-000281.