Wildfire, San Miguel
- When
- May 30, 5:00 PM MST to May 31, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- San Miguel County, 10 mi NE of Pecos
- Property damage
- $1.2 million
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -104.816 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in New Mexico, May 30 to 31, 2000
The Viveash Mesa Fire in northwest San Miguel County began May 30 from unknown causes and quickly spread in hot and dry conditions to consume nearly 30,000 acres of wildland forest. Several ranch buildings were lost to this fire in remote area of the Carson National Forest.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1.2 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
The Viveash Mesa Fire in northwest San Miguel County began May 30 from unknown causes and quickly spread in hot and dry conditions to consume nearly 30,000 acres of wildland forest. Several ranch buildings were lost to this fire in remote area of the Carson National Forest. The fire briefly threatened the watersheds providing municipal water for the city of Las Vegas, NM. Containment costs exceeded one million dollars.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 30, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 30, 2000
- High Wind in Nebraska, May 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 30, 2000
- Flood in Colorado, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 2000
More
Every storm in New Mexico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, May 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5144513.