Black Butte Fire
The Black Butte Fire was reported on June 11, 2014 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 514 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 514 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2014
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.369, -106.610.
The incident
- Size
- 514 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 11, 2014 at 6:09 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 16, 2014 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2014-NMSER-000232
- IRWIN identifier
- 1602E729-1868-4252-BF5F-B5C35D872608
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Madrone, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Madrone, NM17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Jarales, NM19 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rio Communities, NM21 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Belen, NM22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Las Maravillas, NM26 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Los Chavez, NM26 miles north of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2014 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated June 23, 2014 at 10:50 AM MDT. Identifier 2014-NMSER-000232.