2025 BDF Gold Fire 2025
2025 BDF Gold Fire has burned 1,036 acres, burning 33 miles southeast of Adelanto.
Latest update
INITIAL SITUATION: San Bernardino National Forest firefighters responded to reports of a wildfire one mile NE of Holcomb Valley Campground in Big Bear, in the morning of Monday, August 4th, 2025. Holcomb Valley Campground was evacuated and remains closed. Local Forest road closures are now in effect.
CURRENT SITUATION:
The ending size of the Gold Fire is 1036 acres due to more accurate mapping of the fire perimeter. Today the San Bernardino National Forest Type 3 Team is taking over the fire. Mop-up, suppression repair, mitigating hazard trees and putting out the few places with a little smoke in the interior of the fire area are the main tasks in cleaning up this fire. An excavator will also be working to move rocks back in place along the John Bull Trail that were moved for firefighter entry. It will also be used to deck the logs of cut hazard trees.
Note that this is the final current situation update unless significant activity occurs.
FOREST VISITORS: A Temporary Forest Closure Order 05-12-52-25-03 has been implemented. Holcomb Valley Campground, John Bull Trail, and Holcomb Valley, are being impacted by the Gold Fire. Snags (dead standing trees), and widow-makers (broken limbs suspended in tree branches) ash pits (large holes filled with hot ash and embers from incinerated trees and shrubs), equipment and fire personnel are some of the many safety risks to the public. For your safety and the safety of our firefighters please honor the Forest Order and stay clear of the closed area.
This order is a temporary order and will remain in place until September 7, 2025. The San Bernardino National Forest has 900 miles of Off Road trails for your enjoyment during the closure.
The full closure order and map can be viewed here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/sanbernardino/alerts/gold-fire-area-closure
AREA CLOSURES: The following recreation sites and Forest Service roads are temporarily closed for fire personnel and public safety.
Recreation Sites:
- Holcomb Valley Campground
- Tanglewood Group Campground
- Pinnacles Climbing Area
Forest Service Roads:
- 3N10 and all spur roads,
- 3N07 and all spur roads,
- 3N32
- 3N43
- 3N09
- 3N02
- 3N05
- 3N23
- 3N26
- 3N54
- 3N61
- 3N76
- 3N79
- 3N82
- 3N83
KNOW WHERE YOU CAN FLY: Drones pose a serious risk to firefighting and can cause air operations to cease. When drones interfere with firefighting efforts, a wildfire has the potential to grow larger and cause more damage. A FAA Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) is in effect and any private aircraft or drone that violates the TFR could face serious criminal charges. For more information on drones the public can visit the FAA’s website at www.KnowBeforeYouFly.org “If you fly, we can’t!”