The Ferris fire began in Montezuma, Colorado on June 27 and has burned across a large area, with homes in the vicinity at risk from active flames.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 64,869 acres
- Containment
- 29%
- Cause
- Natural
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Montezuma, Colorado
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Montezuma, Colorado), colored by its significance. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 64,869 acres +405 29% contained
- 64,464 acres ±0 23% contained
- 64,464 acres +95 23% contained
- 64,369 acres ±0 23% contained
- 64,369 acres +1,098 23% contained
- 63,271 acres ±0 19% contained
- 63,271 acres +355 19% contained
- 62,916 acres ±0 19% contained
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- 62,916 acres ±0 19% contained
- 62,916 acres +2,811 19% contained
- 60,105 acres ±0 19% contained
- 60,105 acres +2,749 19% contained
- 57,356 acres 19% contained
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Forecast discussion NWS GJT
Area Forecast Discussion
Triple-digit heat continues through Wednesday with increasing afternoon thunderstorms and flash flood threat by mid-week.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 1103 PM MDT Mon Jul 13 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Near-record heat continues Tuesday for western Colorado and eastern Utah.
- Daytime highs for the lower elevations will remain in the triple digits through at least Wednesday.
- Terrain based showers and thunderstorms increase in coverage each afternoon, with a threat for flash flooding becoming more likely by mid to late week.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 1103 PM MDT Mon Jul 13 2026
Some decent precipitation fell today over the southern half of the area with QPF reports around 0.3 to 0.8 inches at some sensors across southeast Utah and southwest Colorado with some of the storms today, with some locally higher amounts in some areas. The high pressure center remains over Wyoming with our CWA in the easterly flow on the southern side of the circulation. This will continue to allow our moisture to increase and eventually spread further north and east as the high shifts a bit eastward by late this week. At this time, the axis of strongest moisture advection remains across Arizona into Nevada and western Utah. This axis trickles into the…
- News Colorado Public Radio
Ferris fire: Firefighters work to increase containment as fire grows to the west
- News KSJD
Officials explain why the Ferris Fire is difficult to fight in steep canyon terrain
- News KJCT
Ferris Fire burns 51,000+ acres in southwestern Colorado with fire weather on the horizon
Show 4 earlier updates
- FEMA Federal declaration
Fire Management Assistance declaration: WILLOW FIRE (Colorado)
- FEMA Federal declaration
Fire Management Assistance declaration: GOLD MOUNTAIN FIRE (Colorado)
- Denver7 News
Ferris Fire burning more than 15K acres in Dolores and Montezuma Counties
- Front - The Journal News
Three wildfires break out near Dolores-Montezuma county line
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.