Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Incident Media Photographs

Settings - change map background and toggle additional layers
Filter - control incident types displayed on map.
Zoom to your location
Reset map zoom and position

Could not determine your location.

  • wildfire Wildfire
  • prescribed fire Prescribed Fire
  • burned area emergency response Burned Area Response
  • other type Other

Ridge Fire

Share this incident
Facebook Twitter Email

Unit Information

Gila National Forest 
3005 E. Camino del Bosque 
Silver City, 
New Mexico 
88061 
Gila National Forest 
3005 E. Camino del Bosque 
Silver City, 
New Mexico 
88061 

Incident Contacts

  • Ridge Fire Information
    Email:
    2024.ridge@firenet.gov
    Phone:
    575-323-8994
    Hours:
    8am - 8pm

Photographs Gallery

Slash from Ridge Fire Operations along Road 28
Piles of wood along the side of the road with trees in background.
Piles of wood along the side of the road with trees in background.
Slash from Ridge Fire Operations along Road 28

Photo taken by Mindi Lehew on July 14th, 2024. Piles of slash from Ridge Fire operations along Road 28.

Trail 151 Closure Sign
Forest Service Trail Sign with closure order posted alongside trail with trees in the background.
Forest Service Trail Sign with closure order posted alongside trail with trees in the background.
Trail 151 Closure Sign

Photo taken by Mindi Lehew on July 14th, 2024. Trail 151 with closure orders posted.

Ridge Fire Willow Creek Trapline
Sandwich board with fire updates and maps at willow creek community gate.
Sandwich board with fire updates and maps at willow creek community gate.
Ridge Fire Willow Creek Trapline

Photo taken by Mindi Lehew on July 14th, 2024. Sandwich board at the gated entrance to the Willow Creek community.

Sandwich Board at Snow Lake
Sandwich board with updates and maps.
Sandwich board with updates and maps.
Sandwich Board at Snow Lake

Photo taken by Mindi Lehew on July 14, 2024. Sandwich board with updates and maps at Snow Lake.

Ridge Fire Drone
Picture of drone on orange landing pad being used for Ridge Fire.
Picture of drone on orange landing pad being used for Ridge Fire.
Ridge Fire Drone

Photo of Ridge Fire drone at Willow Creek Camp taken on July 12, 2024 by Todd Taylor.

Ridge Fire from Willow Creek
Creek in foreground trees in background with smoke in sky from Ridge Fire.
Creek in foreground trees in background with smoke in sky from Ridge Fire.
Ridge Fire from Willow Creek

Ridge Fire from Willow Creek off Bursum Road taken on July 12, 2024 by Todd Taylor.

Ridge Fire Vehicles
Fire vehicles along dirt road with Ridge Fire in the background and smoke blocking out the sun.
Fire vehicles along dirt road with Ridge Fire in the background and smoke blocking out the sun.
Ridge Fire Vehicles

Photo of Ridge Fire fire vehicles taken on July 11, 2024 by Todd Taylor.

Ridge Fire ICP
Picture of Ridge Fire Incident Command Post with tan colored yurts in a meadow surrounded by pine trees.
Picture of Ridge Fire Incident Command Post with tan colored yurts in a meadow surrounded by pine trees.
Ridge Fire ICP

Photo taken on July 11, 2024 of Ridge Fire Incident Command Post (ICP) by Todd Taylor.

Ridge Fire Willow Creek Camp Engine
Green fire vehicle from the Gila National Forest with firefighter in yellow fire shirt in the pickup bed.
Green fire vehicle from the Gila National Forest with firefighter in yellow fire shirt in the pickup bed.
Ridge Fire Willow Creek Camp Engine

Photo of Willow Creek Gila National Forest Fire Enginge taken on July 11, 2024 by Todd Taylor.

Ridge Fire Willow Creek
Nighttime with fire over a ridge.
Nighttime with fire over a ridge.
Ridge Fire Willow Creek

Photo taken on July 11, 2024 of the Ridge Fire at Willow Creek by Todd Taylor. 

IF YOU FLY WE CANT
Recreational drone in the sky almost colliding with helicopter flying over a wildfire encroaching near a house. Message says 'If you fly we can't'.
Recreational drone in the sky almost colliding with helicopter flying over a wildfire encroaching near a house. Message says 'If you fly we can't'.
IF YOU FLY WE CANT

If you fly we can't. Recreational drones near wildfires are not safe. #IFYOUFLYWECANT #NODRONESINFIREZONES

Return to top