Baca Fire
The Baca Fire was reported on May 12, 2017 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 11,139 acres. It was declared out on August 3, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 11,139 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 12, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.181, -108.404.
The incident
- Size
- 11,139 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 12, 2017 at 2:10 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 13, 2017 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 2, 2017 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 3, 2017 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approx 4 miles east of Quemado Lake and 10 miles south of the town of Quemado NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Quemado
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMGNF-000113
- IRWIN identifier
- B41430EE-3606-4162-80C9-D436A9CC51BA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 3, 2017 at 4:17 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMGNF-000113.