Cajete Fire
The Cajete Fire was reported on June 15, 2017 in Sandoval County, New Mexico and burned 1,412 acres. It was declared out on August 16, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,412 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2017
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.815, -106.578.
The incident
- Size
- 1,412 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2017 at 10:46 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 13, 2017 at 12:55 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 16, 2017 at 12:45 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 16, 2017 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 8 miles northeast of Jemez Springs, NM
- County
- Sandoval County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Los Alamos
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMSNF-000222
- IRWIN identifier
- 04B44B4D-5F6E-4E83-9497-95928F2D272C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Los Alamos, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Los Alamos, NM16 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Jemez Pueblo, NM16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- White Rock, NM21 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM24 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM24 miles north of the fire’s origin
- San Felipe Pueblo, NM27 miles south of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 21, 2017 at 8:28 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMSNF-000222.