Schwachheim Fire

Perimeter mapped April 18, 2026 at 6:17 PM MDT, 1,582 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 37.011, -104.374.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Raton

Size

1,582 acres

Containment

100%

Discovered

April 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM MDT

Cause

Natural

Location

14 Miles SE from Trinidad, CO

County

Las Animas County

State

Colorado

Protecting agency

C&L

Land ownership at origin

City

Personnel assigned

1

Incident management

Type 4 IC, Type 3 Incident

Primary fuel

Timber (Grass and Understory)

Estimated cost to date

$2,423,565

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-COLSX-000467

IRWIN identifier

66CFAACE-3C03-4CE7-8DF6-4FD6F7A5BB2C

Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from April 13, 2026 (646 acres) to April 18, 2026 (1,582 acres). The largest one-day growth was 570 acres, mapped April 18, 2026.

• Wind up to 20 mph from the south
• Relative humidity as low as 52%
• High of 68°F

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

Full forecast for Raton, NM

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 Tue, 3:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Raton, NM8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Trinidad, CO13 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Walsenburg, CO48 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
• Angel Fire, NM66 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
• Colorado City, CO69 miles north of the fire’s origin
• Questa, NM71 miles west of the fire’s origin