SW3 Fire
The SW3 Fire was reported on September 2, 2026 in Las Animas County, Colorado and has burned 145 acres. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 145 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 2, 2026
Radar
Reflectivity now over SW3 Fire. Open it to see fires and the fire weather outlook on the map.
Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped September 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM MDT, 63 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 37.000, -104.409.
The incident
- Size
- 145 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- September 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Las Animas County
- State
- Colorado
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- City
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-COLSX-001667
- IRWIN identifier
- F013C799-9301-4ECB-842D-52E46C3C5DF9
Weather at the fire
- Wind up to 10 mph from the southwest
- Relative humidity as low as 20%
- High of 72°F
National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.
Alerts in force
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.
Smoke
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 0.2 µg/m³ around Mon, 12:00 PM MDT over the next 48 hours.
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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 September 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM MDT. Identifier 2026-COLSX-001667.