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Southwest Area
Incident Management Team
TEAM 4 – Andrew Mandell – INCIDENT COMMANDER
Communities urged to monitor evacuation status for Trout Fire
Public meeting scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Monday, June 16
Evening Update for June 15, 2025
Map Below
Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
Acres: 12,330 Start Date: June 12, 2025
Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Cause: Undetermined
Personnel: 552 Fuels: Grass, brush and timber
Containment: 0%
ROAD CLOSURE:
CLOSURE- Magdalena Area
Closure, NM 163 southbound from mile marker 11, 11 miles south of NM52 to mile marker 38, 38 miles south of NM 52. Closed due to a forest fire.
GRANT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
EMERGENCY MEETING
JUNE 16, 2025
8:30 A.M.
Grant County Administration Center Commissioners' Chambers
AGENDA
I. Call to Order
II. Pledge of Allegiance and Salute to the Flag
III. Approval of Emergency Meeting Agenda
IV. Public Input
V. Resolutions
a. Resolution No. R-25-41 Declaration of Local Emergency in the County of Grant for the Trout Fire
VI. Commissioner Comments
VII. Adjourn
Visit this link to see the resolution: https://www.grantcountybeat.com/community/legals/grant-county-commissioner-emergency-resolution-no-r-25-41
By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a regular meeting May 27, 2025. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Ken Ladner, Mayor Pro Tem Guadalupe Cano, Nicholas Prince, Rudy Bencomo (phone) and Stan Snider.
The town proclaimed June 2-8, 2025, First New Mexico Bank Wild, Wild West Rodeo Week. The Southwest Horsemen's Association and Casper Baca rodeo will be presenting the rodeo. This will be the rodeo's 33rd year in Silver City. Cattle ranching had been created by the early settlers of North America, and it has been a major contributor to the history, culture and customs of the county. The rodeo helps keep these qualities alive and has been a major tourist attraction. Mr. Rocko had not been able to be there at this time but came just before the meeting ended and accepted the proclamation and thanked the town.
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO... .A passing upper-level trough will result in breezy winds from the west on Tuesday across southern New Mexico. 20-foot winds near 20 mph are expected Tuesday afternoon with gusts to 30 to 35 mph. Although the winds are not very strong, fuels are critically dry across the area and relative humidity will be near 5 percent. These factors combined with the ongoing wildfires in the Gila Region will result in near-critical fire weather conditions on Tuesday.
Southwest Mountains/Gila NF/Apache NF/GLZ-
Southwest Deserts and Lowlands/Las Cruces BLM/GLZ-
South Central Lowlands and Southern Rio Grande Valley/BLM/GLZ-
1224 PM MDT Sun Jun 15 2025
Southwest Area
Incident Management Team
TEAM 4 – Andrew Mandel – INCIDENT COMMANDER
Increased fire activity observed on Trout Fire as critically dry conditions persist
Map and Smoke outlook below: [Editor's Note: Some browsers are not showing the map, but you can download it.]
Fire Update for June 15, 2025
Fire Information Phone: 575-323-8964 (8 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
Media Information Phone: 575-323-8984 (8 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
Acres: 12,330 Start Date: June 12, 2025
Location: 12 miles north of Silver City, NM Cause: Under Investigation
Personnel: 552 Fuels: Grass, brush and timber Containment: 0%
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