No longer in the daily fire updates. The Silver Spur Fire last appeared in an official report on July 27, 2026, at under 1 acre with containment not reported. Fires drop off this list once crews have them contained or out; we keep the page for reference. See fires burning now →

Silver Spur Fire

Huerfano County, Colorado · Wildfire

No longer active Official numbers updated Jul 27, 2026 (3 months ago)

First reported about 3 months ago

Metric	Last report	Now	Change
Size	0 acres Jul 28, 6:00 PM	0 acres Oct 12, 9:00 PM	—
Containment	—	—	—
Crew size	—	—	—
Money spent	—	—	—

Silver Spur Fire and other nearby fires

🔥 Where this fire started Mostly contained Partly contained Containment not reported

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Silver Spur Fire summary

The Silver Spur Fire is a wildfire near Huerfano County, Colorado. It has burned about under 1 acre. It was first reported about 3 months ago.

Size: under 1 acre
Containment: Not yet reported
Discovered: July 27, 2026 (first reported about 3 months ago)
Cause: Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Tuesday, July 28th at 6:00 p.m. CDT.

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Weather & fire-spread conditions

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Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

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	Day	Night
This Afternoon	77°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Wind 5 mph SE · 69% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Rain likely	49°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 5 mph SSW · 60% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Rain likely
Wednesday	75°F · Partly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Wind 5 mph SW · 89% rain Wind: Calm Heat: Warm Rain likely	49°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 57% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely
Thursday	77°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Wind 5 to 10 mph WNW · 44% rain Wind: Breezy Heat: Warm Some rain	—

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Tuesday, July 28th at 6:05 p.m. CDT.

Who's on it

This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.

Where to get live updates

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→ Watch Duty: real-time fire reporting and evacuations.
→ InciWeb: the government's official fire information site.

Nearby fires to Silver Spur Fire

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