Red Canyon Fire
The Red Canyon Fire was reported on June 15, 2015 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 17,843 acres. It was declared out on October 1, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 17,843 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2015
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.756, -107.456.
The incident
- Size
- 17,843 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2015 at 11:29 AM MDT
- Contained
- September 3, 2015 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 1, 2015 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,650,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-NMCIF-000154
- IRWIN identifier
- A0F57500-0A94-4EE4-A578-1B5F91EF9196
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Magdalena, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Magdalena, NM28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Socorro, NM39 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Elephant Butte, NM45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Truth or Consequences, NM45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NM46 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Jarales, NM71 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2015 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 August 18, 2016 at 8:43 AM MDT. Identifier 2015-NMCIF-000154.