2026 Las Animas County, Colorado Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Las Animas County
Largest wildfires in Las Animas County this season
All 2026 Las Animas County Fires · 8 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Las Animas County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Las Animas County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Las Animas County is listed too, at its Las Animas County acres, and is not added to the Las Animas County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Las Animas County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Fire | Aug 12, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 4,335 | 37.0451, -104.4282 | 37.0819, -104.4214 |
| Poitrey Canyon Fire | Apr 24, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 2,113 | 37.3389, -103.6528 | 37.3171, -103.6385 |
| Schwachheim Fire | Apr 12, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 1,582 | 37.0151, -104.3931 | 37.0017, -104.3699 |
| Sheep Pen Fire | Aug 12, 2026 | 80% | Inactive | 712 | 37.0779, -103.2887 | 37.0765, -103.2817 |
| Sw3 Fire | Sep 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 145 | 37.0023, -104.4097 | 37.0002, -104.4092 |
| Bear Fire | Jun 10, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 128 | 37.5637, -103.9953 | 37.4980, -104.1503 |
| High Fence Fire | Aug 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 121 | 37.0273, -103.4932 | 37.0261, -103.4897 |
| Gotera Fire | Aug 12, 2026 | — | Inactive | 23 | 37.0584, -103.5704 | 37.0575, -103.5672 |
| Also burned into Las Animas County | ||||||
| Wagon Wheel Fire from Baca County | Jun 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 61 of 1,312 | 37.2175, -103.0692 | 37.1578, -103.0576 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 8 | Active Fires 0 | Acres Burning 0 | 2026 Season Acres 9,220 | ||
Land cover · Las Animas County 2026
Burned acres in Las Animas County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Forest ownership · Las Animas County 2026
Burned forest acres in Las Animas County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.
Burn severity · Las Animas County 2026
Burned acres in Las Animas County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.