Trout Fire Remains Steady at 83% Containment

Trout Fire remains steady at 83% containment

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- The fire burning 12 miles north of Silver City, New Mexico, remains steady at 47,294 acres and 83 percent containment, fire officials announced on Monday, June 30, in a news release. Photo courtesy of the Gila National Forest Fire officials said the Trout Fire started on June 12 and was caused by lightning. The personnel at the scene are now reduced to 411, fire officials said. At 6 a.m. on Monday, the local Gila Las Cru…

BAER team completes Soil Burn Severity map for Trout Fire

Silver City, NM, June 30, 2025 – Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) specialists recently completed their field data evaluation to produce the Soil Burn Severity (SBS) map for the Trout Fire, which field verifies unburned/very low, low, moderate, and high SBS categories from satellite imagery. The SBS map estimates approximately 9,996 acres (20%) […]