Encino Fire
The Encino Fire was reported on June 18, 2017 in Sandoval County, New Mexico and burned 1,514 acres. It was declared out on June 24, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,514 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.343, -106.844.
The incident
- Size
- 1,514 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 18, 2017 at 12:46 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 21, 2017 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 24, 2017 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- June 24, 2017 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human, Firearms/Weapons
- Location
- West on Progress road to Encino Road. West of Northern Meadows estates..
- County
- Sandoval County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Rio Rancho
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $375,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMN6S-000190
- IRWIN identifier
- DE526BA6-2DE9-4612-9E57-A657FDFBADDD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rio Rancho, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Rio Rancho, NM13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Paradise Hills, NM13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Enchanted Hills, NM14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Corrales, NM15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bernalillo, NM17 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM17 miles southeast 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 July 31, 2020 at 11:44 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMN6S-000190.